âæèéùîë÷ªâæèúª ìèõ¨÷ª âæèïîê íéùîë÷ªâæèúªÌ  551
íùªùéô âòáªâêèÇëª îôåÐÊ

âæèéù

murderous activities

îëùª âæèúªìèõ¨äª

those who resort to

âæèïâê

worse than

íéù

evil acts

îëùªâæèúªÌ

as his goal

íùªùéô

evil deeds

âòáªâêèÇëª

who rules

îôåÐÊ

the king

The king who oppresses his people is worse than a murderer  (551).

 
îôâùèÌ å¨äª÷èäª ¬Ìöäª ÷ÊîçèÙëª 552
îæèîùèÌ å¨äª÷èäª ¬õ²

îôâùèÌ  å¨äª÷èäª

the robber with the spear

¬Ì	forcing one to part with one's posessions

öäª÷Ê îçèÙëª

is similar to

îæèâùèÌ  å¨äª÷èäª

the king with the sceptre

¬õ²	(making illegal) demands from the people

The one who wields the sceptre and makes (illegal) demands on his people is like the robber with the spear who makes demands on the wayfarers  (552).

  åèóªâêè×ëª åèï Ëé÷âòáªáè ëäªäô䪠 553
åèóªîêè×ëª åèÌ âæÌëª

åèóª âêè×ëª

every day

åèï	analyse good and bad

Ëé÷ âòáªáè

(who) does not enforce the right rule

ëäªäôäª

of the king

åèóª âêè×ëª

day by day

åèÌ	the country

âæÌëª

is destroyed

The king who does not address the people's needs everyday will have his kingdom eroded by the day (553).

  ÔÇëª Æï±ëª øÕ§ªæ¨ÈæÐÆëª îæèùªîæèïòР 554
ÎÈèÊ âòáª±ëª íõà

ÔÇëª

wealth

Æï±ëª

the people

øÕ§ªÆ

together

¬ÈæÐÆëª

will lose

îæèùªîæèï

through unjust acts

ÎÈèÊ	not thinking of the unwelcome consequences

âò᪱ëª

who performs

íõà

the king

The king who fails to render justice and does not reflect on the consequences will soon lose his wealth and his people (554).

  íùªù÷ªçìªÌ Í÷ª÷èÊ íÇêæúª ú©õÐíäªî÷ 555
âòùªôêÐéê îêáªæÐÆëª çéì

íùªùùª  çìªÌ

through sufferings

Í÷ª÷èÊ

unbearable

íÇê

shedding

æúªú©õÐ

tear drops

íäªî÷

certainly

âòùªôêÐéê

of the wealth (of the king)

îêáªæÐÆëª

dissipating

çéì

army

The tears resulting from suffering caused by the king will be the cause of his undoing (555).  

ëäªäõÐæÐÆ ëäªÄêùª âò§ªîæèäªéë íþʬäªî÷ùª 556
ëäªäèôèëª ëäªäõÐæÐÆ øó¨

ëäªäõÐæÐÆ

for the kings

ëäªÄêùª

the cause for lasting fame

âò§ªîæèäªéë

is just rule

íþÊ

that

¬äªî÷ùª

without

ëäªäèÍëª

will not sustain

ëäªäõÐæÐÆ

to the king's

øó¨

fame

The repute of a king comes of his just rule; without that his repute will be lost (556).

 
Êó¨¬äªéë ¢èùêÐê¨÷ªÆ ö÷ª× ? í÷ªî÷ îôåÐêäª 557
íó¨¬äªéë ôèÇëª ãá¨õÐæÐÆ

Êó¨ ¬äªéë

without (drops of) rain

¢èùêÐê¨÷ªÆ

to the world

ö÷ª×	in what way (will be disastrous)

í÷ªî÷

in the same way

îôåÐêäª

the king's

íó¨ ¬äªéë

lack of concern

ôèÇëª

those under his rule

ãá¨õÐæÐÆ

living beings

The suffering caused to his subjects by a king, who has no compassion, is like the suffering of all living things when there is no rain (557).  

¬äªéëá¨äª ¬äªäèÊ ãéìéë Ëé÷âòáªáè  558
ëäªäôäª îæè÷ªæ©Èªçª çïäª

¬äªéëá¨äª

worse than poverty

¬äªäèÊ

(will present) more suffering

ãéìéë

for the haves

Ëé÷ âòáªáè

who rules unrighteously

ëäªäôäª

the king

îæèùª

"sceptre" (unjust rule)

æ©Èªçªçïäª

if subjected

Under the rule of an unjust king, the wealthy will suffer even more than the poor (558).

 
Ëé÷îæèï ëäªäôäª âòáªá¨äª ãé÷îæèï  559
ØùªùèÊ ôèäëª âçáùª

Ëé÷ îæèï

in an unrighteous way

ëäªäôäª

the king

âòáªá¨äª

if he rules

ãé÷îæèï

seasonal rains failing

øùªùèÊ

will not

ôèäëª

the heavens

âçáùª

rains

When the king fails to render justice, even the heavens will fail to send down seasonal rains  (559).  

Íçáäª Æäª×ëª í×âêèȨîùèõÐ ¿ùªë÷çªçõР 560
æèôùäª æèôèäª öä¨äª

Í	even the cows

çáäª	yield (of milk)

Æäª×ëª

will become less

í× âêèȨîùèõÐ

those engaged in the study of scriptures

¿ùª ë÷çªçõÐ

will neglect their studies

æèôùäª

the king

æèôèäª

does not rule justly

öä¨äª

if so (he)

When the king does not rule justly, the cows will yield less and the six trades will decline (farmer, trader,teacher, potter, artist and physician, in other words, the whole economy). (560). 

note: the duties of a Brahmin are sixfold, namely Adhyayana, Adhyaapana, Yajana, Yaajana, Daana and Parigraha (i.e. the study of scriptures, teaching of scriptures, performing sacrifice, conducting sacrifice, making gifts and receiving gifts)