Manusmriti
यथा यमः प्रियद्वेष्यौ प्राप्ते काले नियच्छति । तथा राज्ञा नियन्तव्याः प्रजास्तद् हि यमव्रतम् ॥ ३०७ ॥
As Yama at the appointed time subjects to his rule both friends and foes, even so all subjects must be controlled by the king; that is the office in which he resembles Yama.
english translation
yathA yamaH priyadveSyau prApte kAle niyacchati | tathA rAjJA niyantavyAH prajAstad hi yamavratam || 307 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscriptयथा यमः प्रियद्वेष्यौ प्राप्ते काले नियच्छति । तथा राज्ञा नियन्तव्याः प्रजास्तद् हि यमव्रतम् ॥ ३०७ ॥
As Yama at the appointed time subjects to his rule both friends and foes, even so all subjects must be controlled by the king; that is the office in which he resembles Yama.
english translation
yathA yamaH priyadveSyau prApte kAle niyacchati | tathA rAjJA niyantavyAH prajAstad hi yamavratam || 307 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript