Manusmriti

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यथा यमः प्रियद्वेष्यौ प्राप्ते काले नियच्छति । तथा राज्ञा नियन्तव्याः प्रजास्तद् हि यमव्रतम् ॥ ३०७ ॥

sanskrit

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

siva.sh/manusmriti/9/307

यथा यमः प्रियद्वेष्यौ प्राप्ते काले नियच्छति । तथा राज्ञा नियन्तव्याः प्रजास्तद् हि यमव्रतम् ॥ ३०७ ॥

sanskrit

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