Simhasanadvatrimshika 4.p10

4.p10

tatra sabhyair bhaṇitam: bho rājan, ayaṃ bālaghātī punaḥ svarṇasteyī ca; ataḥ khādireṇa śūlena hantavyaḥ. anyair mantribhir uktam: imaṃ śatakhaṇḍaṃ kṛtvā tanmāṅsena gṛdhrebhyo balir dātavyaḥ. teṣāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā rajñā bhaṇitam: bhoḥ sabhyāḥ, ayaṃ mamā 'śritaḥ, puramārgapradarśanād upakārī ca; ataḥ satpuruṣeṇā 'śritānāṃ guṇadoṣacintā na kartavyā. tathā co 'ktam:

Thereupon the members of the assembly said: "O King, he is a murderer of a child and also a stealer of gold; therefore, he must be executed on a stake of khadira wood." Other ministers said: "Cutting him into a hundred pieces, an offering of his flesh should be given to the vultures." Hearing their words, the king said: "O members of the assembly, he is my dependant, and a benefactor because he showed the way to the city; therefore, a good man must not calculate the merits and faults of dependants. And so it is said: