When a king meets with distress, a large number of enemies, provoked by his past deeds, rise against him and try to defeat him.
विषमस्थं हि राजानं शत्रवः परिपन्थिनः। बहवोऽप्येकमुद्धर्तुं यतन्ते पूर्वतापिताः॥