कच्चिद् दण्ड्येषु यमवत् पूज्येषु च विशां पते ॥
परीक्ष्य वर्तसे सम्यग् अप्रियेषु प्रियेषु च ॥
कच्चिच् छारीरम् आबाधम् औषधैर् नियमेन वा ॥
मानसं वृद्धसेवाभिः सदा पार्थापकर्षसि ॥
कच्चिद् वैद्याश् चिकित्सायाम् अष्टाङ्गायां विशारदाः ॥
सुहृदश् चानुरक्ताश् च शरीरे ते हिताः सदा ॥
kaccid daṇḍyeṣu yamavat pūjyeṣu ca viśāṃ pate ||
parīkṣya vartase samyag apriyeṣu priyeṣu ca ||
kaccic chārīram ābādham auṣadhair niyamena vā ||
mānasaṃ vṛddhasevābhiḥ sadā pārthāpakarṣasi ||
kaccid vaidyāś cikitsāyām aṣṭāṅgāyāṃ viśāradāḥ ||
suhṛdaś cānuraktāś ca śarīre te hitāḥ sadā ||
"I hope that toward those deserving punishment you are [stern] like Yama, and toward those deserving honor [gracious], and that, having tested people, you conduct yourself rightly—with both the unpleasant and the pleasant, O lord of the people? I hope you always remove bodily illness by medicines or by restraint, and mental illness by service to elders, O Partha? I hope that physicians, skilled in the eightfold healing art, well-disposed and devoted, always tend to your body for its good?".
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Here justice joins severity with mercy, and health joins the bodily with the mental. It is significant that the illness of the soul is healed by "service to elders": wise company heals the mind just as medicine heals the body. Thus the scripture shows a whole-hearted concern for justice and for the king's health; what follows concerns accessibility and the protection of those far away.