यस्य राष्ट्रे प्रजा: सर्वास्त्रस्यन्ते साध्व्यसाधुभि: । तस्य मत्तस्य नश्यन्ति कीर्तिरायुर्भगो गति: ॥ १० ॥ एष राज्ञां परो धर्मो ह्यार्तानामार्तिनिग्रह: । अत एनं वधिष्यामि भूतद्रुहमसत्तमम् ॥ ११ ॥
yasya rastre prajah sarvas trasyante sadhvy asadhubhih tasya mattasya nasyanti kirtir ayur bhago gatih esa rajnam paro dharmo hy artanam arti-nigrahah ata enam vadhisyami bhuta-druham asattamam
- yasya
- one whose
- rastre
- in the state
- prajah
- living beings
- sarvah
- one and all
- trasyante
- are terrified
- sadhvi
- O chaste one
- asadhubhih
- by the miscreants
- tasya
- his
- mattasya
- of the illusioned
- nasyanti
- vanishes
- kirtih
- fame
- ayuh
- duration of life
- bhagah
- fortune
- gatih
- good rebirth
- esah
- these are
- rajnam
- of the kings
- parah
- superior
- dharmah
- occupation
- hi
- certainly
- artanam
- of the sufferers
- arti
- sufferings
- nigrahah
- subduing
- atah
- therefore
- enam
- this man
- vadhisyami
- I shall kill
- bhuta-druham
- revolter against other living beings
- asat-tamam
- the most wretched
O chaste one, the king’s good name, duration of life and good rebirth vanish when all kinds of living beings are terrified by miscreants in his kingdom. It is certainly the prime duty of the king to subdue first the sufferings of those who suffer. Therefore I must kill this most wretched man because he is violent against other living beings.