Shanti Parva 122.39
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 122 · Verse 39
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Sanskrit Original
विभज्य दण्डः कर्तव्यो धर्मेण न यदृच्छया। दुष्टानां निग्रहो दण्डो हिरण्यं बाह्यतः क्रिया॥
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Punishment should be meted out with discrimination, guided by righteousness and not by caprice. It is intended for checking the wicked. Fines and confiscation are intended for creating terror, and not for replenishing the king's treasury.