Verse 5·VR 3.33.5

अयुक्त चारम् दुर्दर्शम् अस्वाधीनम् नराधिपम् | वर्जयन्ति नरा दूरात् नदी पंकम् इव द्विपाः || ३-३३-५

ayukta caaram durdarsham asvaadhiinam naraadhipam | varjayanti naraa duuraat nadii pa.nkam iva dvipaaH || 3-33-5

Translation

"If a king is inaccessible to spies for exchange of information, unavailable for subjects for an audience for a similar appraisal, more so if he is intemperately not able to impose self-discipline, people will eschew such a king from a distance as elephants will refrain themselves from the mud of river from a distance. [3-33-5]

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