If the king is mild and disposed to cut jokes. O Yudhishthira, these and many other evils originate from it. They wish to sport with the king as with a bird tied in a rope, and always make the people understand that the king is on very intimate terms with them and loves them dearly.
एते चैवापरे चैव दोषाः प्रादुर्भवन्त्युत। नृपतौ मार्दवोपेत हर्षुले च युधिष्ठिर॥