Sovereignty is always painful. It is incapable of being borne by persons of impure souls. Generally kings fail to acquire auspicious ends.
राज्यं हि सततं दुःखं दुर्धरं चाकृतात्मभिः। भूयिष्ठं च नरेन्द्राणां विद्यते न शुभा गतिः॥