दण्डो हि केवलो लोकं परं च इमं च रक्षति । राज्ञा पुत्रे च शत्रौ च यथा दोषं समं धृतः ॥
It is power and power (danda) alone which, only when exercised by the king with impartiality and in proportion to guilt either over his son or his enemy, maintains both this world and the next.