Shanti Parva 139.98
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 139 · Verse 98
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Sanskrit Original
पिता हि राजा राष्ट्रस्य प्रजाना योऽनुकम्पनः। तस्मिन् मिथ्याविनीतो हि तिर्यग् गच्छति मानवः।।१०४
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The king by treating his people mercifully is called their father. The subject who plays him false, is born in his next life as an animal or a bird.