Manusmriti

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न मित्रकारणाद् राजा विपुलाद् वा धनागमात् । समुत्सृजेत् साहसिकान् सर्वभूतभयावहान् ॥ ३४७ ॥

sanskrit

Neither for friendship’s sake, nor for the sake of great lucre, must a king let go perpetrators of violence, who cause terror to all creatures.

english translation

na mitrakAraNAd rAjA vipulAd vA dhanAgamAt | samutsRjet sAhasikAn sarvabhUtabhayAvahAn || 347 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript