तं राजा प्रणयन् सम्यक् त्रिवर्गेणाभिवर्धते । कामात्मा विषमः क्षुद्रो दण्डेनैव निहन्यते ॥ २७ ॥
A king who properly inflicts (punishment), prospers with respect to (those) three (means of happiness); but he who is voluptuous, partial, and deceitful will be destroyed, even through the (unjust) punishment (which he inflicts).