What, indeed, should that king do whose cities and kingdoms have been divided and appropriated by enemies, who is divested of wealth, who cannot honour his friends and win them over to himself, whose ministers are disunited or brought over by his enemies, who is obliged to stand in the face of enemies, whose army has been diminished, and whose heart has been agitated by some strong enemy?
विभक्तपुरराष्ट्रस्य निर्द्रव्यनिचयस्य च। असम्भावितमित्रस्य भिन्नामात्यस्य सर्वशः॥ परचक्राभियातस्य दुर्बलस्य बलीयसा। आपन्नचेतसो ब्रूहि किं कार्यमवशिष्यते॥