यथा यमः प्रियद्वेष्यौ प्राप्ते काले नियच्छति) । तथा राज्ञा नियन्तव्याः) प्रजास् तद्द् हि यमव्रतम् ॥
yathā yamaḥ priya.dveṣyau prāpte kāle niyacchati) | tathā rājñā niyantavyāḥ) prajās tadd hi yamavratam ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
As Yama at the appointed time subjects to his rule both friends and foes, even so all subjects must be controlled by the king; that is the office in which he resembles Yama.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.