That king, who treats deceitfully his own people that have not been guilty of any fault, cuts his own self like a person cutting down a forest with an axe.
तक्षेदात्मानमेवं स वनं परशुना यथा। यः सम्यग् वर्तमानेषु स्वेषु मिथ्या प्रवर्तते॥