Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 174
दमनको ब्रूते -- स्वामिन् कोऽयं
नूतनो न्यायो यदरातिं हत्वा संतापः क्रियते । तथा चोक्तम् --
पिता वा यदि वा भ्राता पुत्री वा यदि वा सुहृत् ।
प्राणच्छेदकरा राज्ञा हन्तव्या भूतिमिच्छता ॥
Damanaka observed - My lord, what a novel course of action is this, that having killed an enemy you should be sorrowing over it! For it is said - A king who desires his own welfare should put to death those who aim at his life, whether it be his father, or brother, or son or friend.
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