Manusmriti

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राजा भवत्यनेनास्तु मुच्यन्ते च सभासदः । एनो गच्छति कर्तारं निन्दाऽर्हो यत्र निन्द्यते ॥ १९ ॥

sanskrit

But where he who is worthy of condemnation is condemned, the king is free from guilt, and the judges are saved (from sin); the guilt falls on the perpetrator (of the crime alone).

english translation

rAjA bhavatyanenAstu mucyante ca sabhAsadaH | eno gacchati kartAraM nindA'rho yatra nindyate || 19 ||

hk transliteration