Parasites, supported by a huge tree, grow luxuriously, and at last covering the tree itself overshadow it entirely. A forest fire sets in, and catching those grasses first, consumes the tree with them. Thy ministers, O king, resemble those parasites of which I speak, Do you check and correct them.
यथाऽऽश्रित्य महावृक्षं कक्षः संवर्धते महान्। ततस्तं संवृणोत्येव तमतीत्य च वर्धते॥ तेनैयोगेन्धनेनैनं दावो दहति दारुणः। तथोपमा ह्यमात्यास्ते राजस्तान् परिशोधय॥