Today's Subhashita.

आनृशंस्यं  परो   धर्मः सर्वप्राणभृतां मतः  |
तस्माद्राराजानृशंस्येन पालयेत्कृपणं  जनं    || महासुभषितसंग्रह (4871)

अर्थ -    प्राणिमात्र पर क्रूरता न करना ही परम् धर्म है ऐसा धर्म शास्त्रों  का
मत (कथन)  है  |  अतः देश के शासकों  का यह कर्तव्य है कि वे गरीब और
असहाय जनता  का  सहृद्यता  पूर्वक पालन करें ||

aanrushansyam paro dharmh sarvapraanabhrutaam matah.
Tasmaadraajaanrushamsasya paalayetkrupanam janam.

Aanrushamsyam = not being cruel,  kindness.    Paro = supreme.
Dharmah = Religion, religious merit.    Saravapraanabhrutaam =
sarva + praana + bhrutaam.     Sarva = al= l.    Prana =breath of life.
Bhrutaam = full of.     Pranabhrutaam = living beings on this earth.
Tasmaadraajaanrushamsena = tasmat +raaj +anushamsyena.
Tasmat = hence, therefore.       Raaja =kingdom, country.
Anrushansena = without being cruel,  with kindness.  Paalayet =
govern, administer,support.        Krupanam = indigent, poor,  miser.
Janam = people., subjects.

i.e.         Not being cruel  to all the living beings is the  supreme form
of religious behaviour, as has been ordained by the scriptures.  Hence.
it is the foremost duty of the rulers of a country that they must take due
care of its poor and needy population .