Manusmriti

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क्षन्तव्यं प्रभुणा नित्यं क्षिपतां कार्यिणां नृणाम् । बालवृद्धातुराणां च कुर्वता हितमात्मनः ॥ ३१२ ॥

sanskrit

A king who desires his own welfare must always forgive litigants, infants, aged and sick men, who inveigh against him.

english translation

kSantavyaM prabhuNA nityaM kSipatAM kAryiNAM nRNAm | bAlavRddhAturANAM ca kurvatA hitamAtmanaH || 312 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript