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