If, O king, wicked persons do ever acquire prosperity, they do not enjoy it long, O son, and are soon rooted out.
यद्यप्यशीला नृपते प्राप्नुवन्ति श्रियं क्वचित्। न भुञ्जते चिरं तात समूलाश्च न सन्ति ते॥