Arthashastra

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बाल वृद्ध व्यसन्य् अनाथांश् च राजा बिभृयात्, स्त्रियम् अप्रजातां प्रजातायश् च पुत्रान् ॥

The king shall provide the orphans, (bála), the aged, the infirm, the afflicted, and the helpless with maintenance. He shall also provide subsistence to helpless women when they are carrying and also to the children they give birth to.

english translation

bAla vRddha vyasany anAthAMz ca rAjA bibhRyAt, striyam aprajAtAM prajAtAyaz ca putrAn ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript