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यं हि धर्मं चरन्तीह प्रजा राज्ञा सुरक्षिताः । चतुर्थं तस्य धर्मस्य राजा भारत विन्दति॥५-१३०-११॥
For whatever dharma the people practice here while protected by the king, the king, O Bhārata, obtains a fourth share of that dharma.
english translation
राजा चरति चेद्धर्मं देवत्वायैव कल्पते । स चेदधर्मं चरति नरकायैव गच्छति॥५-१३०-१२॥
If a king practices dharma, he becomes fit for a divine state; if he practices adharma, he proceeds toward a hellish condition.
english translation
दण्डनीतिः स्वधर्मेण चातुर्वर्ण्यं नियच्छति । प्रयुक्ता स्वामिना सम्यगधर्मेभ्यश्च यच्छति॥५-१३०-१३॥
The policy of discipline (daṇḍanīti), operating through each group’s own duty, regulates the fourfold social order; when properly applied by the sovereign, it restrains people from adharma.
english translation
दण्डनीत्यां यदा राजा सम्यक्कार्त्स्न्येन वर्तते । तदा कृतयुगं नाम कालः श्रेष्ठः प्रवर्तते॥५-१३०-१४॥
When a king conducts himself in the policy of discipline fully and correctly, then the time called Kṛta-yuga—the most excellent age—comes into operation.
english translation
कालो वा कारणं राज्ञो राजा वा कालकारणम् । इति ते संशयो मा भूद्राजा कालस्य कारणम्॥५-१३०-१५॥
Whether Time is the cause of the king, or the king the cause of Time—let no doubt remain for you on this point: the king is a causal factor in what is called “Time,” the prevailing condition of an age.
english translation