अष्टौ मासान् यथाऽदित्यस्तोयं हरति रश्मिभिः । तथा हरेत् करं राष्ट्रात्नित्यमर्कव्रतं हि तत् ॥ ३०५ ॥
sanskrit
As the Sun during eight months (imperceptibly) draws up the water with his rays, even so let him gradually draw his taxes from his kingdom; for that is the office in which he resembles the Sun.
english translation