No person which is clever, who is capable of work, who wishes to acquire virtue, and who is shorn of malice, should ever spread evil reports about the king. No person, by acting against the king, can ever make himself happy, even if he be the king's son or brother or companion or one whom the king considers as his second self. Fire, increased by the wind, blazing forth, may leave a residue.
नास्यापवादे स्थातव्यं दक्षेणाक्लिश्कर्मणा। धर्म्यमाकाङ्क्षता लोकमीश्वरस्यानसूयता॥ न हि राज्ञः प्रतीपानि कुर्वन् सुखमवाप्नुयात्। पुत्रो भ्राता वयस्यो वा यद्यप्यात्मसमो भवेत्॥