साहसे वर्तमानं) तु यो मर्षयति) पार्थिवः । स विनाशं व्रजत्य्) आशु विद्वेषं च-अधिगच्छति) ॥
sāhase vartamānaṃ) tu yo marṣayati) pārthivaḥ | sa vināśaṃ vrajaty) āśu vidveṣaṃ ca-adhigacchati) ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
But that king who pardons the perpetrator of violence quickly perishes and incurs hatred.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.