As a person wanting milk never gets any by cutting off the udders of a cow, similarly a kingdom, assailed by improper taxes, never gives any profit to the king.
ऊपश्छिन्द्यात् तु यो धेन्वाः क्षीरार्थी न लभेत् पयः। एवं राष्ट्रमयोगेन पीडितं न विवर्धते॥