Manava Dharmashastra 5.96

5.96

etairlokaiśairadhiṣṭhito rājā | nāsya śaucāśaucam | yato martyānāṃ manuṣyāṇāmābhyāmadhikāraḥ | tayośca prabhavopyayau pravṛttinivṛttī lokebhyaḥ sakāśānmartyānāṃ, na tu lokeśānāmeva |

The King is possessed by the Lords of the World; no im purity, therefore, has been ordained for him; for the purity and impurity affect mortals and have their origin and end in the worldly regions.—(96).

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The king is possessed by the said Lords of the World; for him there is no purity or impurity; because the effect of these is only upon mortals; and their origin and end proceed from the world; hence they affect mortals, and not the Lords of the World.—(96).

(Verse 97 of others.)

Buhler wrongly attributes to Medhātithi the reading lokeśaprabhāpyayau; the reading really adopted by Medhātithi is lokebhyaḥ prabhāvāpyayau.