Verse 18

¹⁴A king's good lies in guarding his people; in the world to come he takes a sixth part of what they have done well. Otherwise, taking their taxes and not guarding them, he loses his own merit and eats their wrongdoing. ¹⁵Keeping dharma first, as the best of the twice-born approve and usage has it, guarding this earth as no other does, in a short time, with the people loving you, you will see the perfected ones come to your house. ¹⁶And choose some boon of me, lord of men. I am bound by your qualities and your conduct. I am not easily got by sacrifices or austerities or yoga, since I go with those whose minds are even.

¹⁷So instructed by Visvaksena, the teacher of the world, that conqueror of everything took Hari's command upon his head. ¹⁸Indra touched his feet with love, ashamed of what he had done; and Prthu embraced him and let his hatred go.