When all the subjects of a king are compelled by distress to live like Brahmanas, by begging, such mendicancy brings destruction upon the king.
युक्ता यदा जानपदा भिक्षन्ते ब्राह्मणा इव। अभीक्ष्णं भिक्षुरूपेण राजानं मन्ति तादृशाः॥