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Shanti Parva 88.5

Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 88 · Verse 5

mahabharataved-vyasshanti-parva

Sanskrit Original

जलौकावत् पिबेद् राष्ट्र मृदुनैव नराधिपः। व्याघ्रीव च हरेत् पुत्रान् संदशेन्न च पीडयेत्॥

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The king should act like the leech taking blood mildly. He should treat his subjects like a tigress carrying her cubs, touching them with her teeth but never cutting them therewith.