How is it that you, who could not formerly give up even that much of land which the point of a needle would cover, now wish to make over the entire Earth. What fool would, after having got such prosperity and governed the entire Earth, think of giving over that Earth to his focs.
सूच्यग्रं नात्यजः पूर्वं स कथं त्यजसि क्षितिम्। एवमैश्वर्यमासाद्य प्रशास्य पृथिवीमिमाम्॥ को हि मूढो व्यवस्येत शत्रोर्दातुं वसुन्धराम्।