दश सूणासहस्राणि यो वाहयति) सौनिकः । तेन तुल्यः स्मृतो राजा घोरस् तस्य प्रतिग्रहः ॥
daśa sūṇāsahasrāṇi yo vāhayati) saunikaḥ | tena tulyaḥ smṛto rājā ghoras tasya pratigrahaḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
A king is declared to be equal (in wickedness) to a butcher who keeps a hundred thousand slaughter-houses; to accept presents from him is a terrible (crime).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.