The Rishis said O king, to accept gifts from a monarch is very sweet at first but it is poison in the end. Knowing this well, why do you, O king, tempt us then with these offers?
ऋषय ऊचुः राजन् प्रतिग्रहो राज्ञां मध्वास्वादो विषोपमः। तज्जानमानः कस्मात् त्वं कुरुषे नः प्रलोभनम्॥