अपराधिषु यो दण्डः पात्यते मानवेषु वै। स दण्डो विधिवन्मुक्तः स्वर्ग नयति पार्थिवम्॥
aparādhiṣu yo daṇḍaḥ pātyate mānaveṣu vai| sa daṇḍo vidhivanmuktaḥ svarga nayati pārthivam||
English Meaning
If the punishment, which a king inflicts upon the guilty, be just it becomes the instrumental in taking the giver to heaven.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)