Verse 22·VR 4.38.22

अमित्राणाम् वधे युक्तो मित्राणाम् संग्रहे रतः || ४-३८-२२ त्रिवर्ग फल भोक्ता च राजा धर्मेण युज्यते |

evam uktaH tu sugriivo raamam vacanam abraviit || 4-38-24 pranaShTaa shriiH ca kiirtiH ca kapi raajyam ca shaashvatam | tvat prasaadaat mahaabaaho punaH praaptam idam mayaa || 4-38-25

Translation

"And the king who is bound up in eliminating unfriendly ones and bound up with forgathering friends, he will be enjoined with righteousness, and he even becomes the real enjoyer of the fruit of threefold virtues, namely dharma, artha, kaama - probity, prosperity and pleasures. [4-38-22b, 23a]

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