All creatures adore the king. All creatures are the children of the king. If, therefore, O monarch, the king becomes unrighteous, all creatures meet with ruin.
यच्च भूतं सम्भजते ये च भूतास्तदन्वयाः। अधर्मस्थे हि नृपतौ सर्वे शोचन्ति पार्थिव॥