If the king does not take steps for his own safety and does not protect his subjects, the latter first meet with destruction which ultimately overtakes the king himself.
अरक्षितात्मा यो राजा प्रजाश्चापि न रक्षति। प्रजाश्च तस्य क्षीयन्ते ततः सोऽनुविनश्यति॥