नावध्येय: प्रजापाल: प्रजाभिरघवानपि । यदसौ लोकपालानां बिभर्त्योज: स्वतेजसा ॥ २३ ॥
navadhyeyah praja-palah prajabhir aghavan api yad asau loka-palanam bibharty ojah sva-tejasa
- na
- never
- avadhyeyah
- to be insulted
- praja-palah
- the king
- prajabhih
- by the citizens
- aghavan
- ever sinful
- api
- even though
- yat
- because
- asau
- he
- loka-palanam
- of many kings
- bibharti
- maintains
- ojah
- prowess
- sva-tejasa
- by personal influence.
It is the duty of all citizens in a state never to insult the king, even though he sometimes appears to have done something very sinful. Because of his prowess, the king is always more influential than all other ruling chiefs.