Manusmriti
अष्टौ मासान् यथाऽदित्यस्तोयं हरति रश्मिभिः । तथा हरेत् करं राष्ट्रात्नित्यमर्कव्रतं हि तत् ॥ ३०५ ॥
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
aSTau mAsAn yathA'dityastoyaM harati razmibhiH | tathA haret karaM rASTrAtnityamarkavrataM hi tat || 305 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअष्टौ मासान् यथाऽदित्यस्तोयं हरति रश्मिभिः । तथा हरेत् करं राष्ट्रात्नित्यमर्कव्रतं हि तत् ॥ ३०५ ॥
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
aSTau mAsAn yathA'dityastoyaM harati razmibhiH | tathA haret karaM rASTrAtnityamarkavrataM hi tat || 305 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript