Arthashastra

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तस्माद् उञ्छ षड् भागम् आरण्यका अपि निर्वपन्ति "तस्य एतद् भाग धेयं यो अस्मान् गोपायति" इति ॥

Hence hermits, too, provide the king with one-sixth of the grains gleaned by them, thinking that „it is a tax payable to him who protects us.

english translation

tasmAd uJcha SaD bhAgam AraNyakA api nirvapanti "tasya etad bhAga dheyaM yo asmAn gopAyati" iti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript