Shiva Purana

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आर्तानां शरणाप्तानां त्राणं कुर्वन्ति पार्थिवाः ॥ प्राणैरर्थैश्च धर्मज्ञास्तद्विना च मृतोपमा ॥ २६ ॥

Kings protect the distressed people who seek refìige in them with their very lives and assets. They are the knowers of virtue. Without that they are like a dead body.

english translation

ArtAnAM zaraNAptAnAM trANaM kurvanti pArthivAH ॥ prANairarthaizca dharmajJAstadvinA ca mRtopamA ॥ 26 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript