Verse 29·VR 2.67.29

यथा हि अनुदका नद्यो यथा वा अपि अतृणम् वनम् | अगोपाला यथा गावः तथा राष्ट्रम् अराजकम् || २-६७-२९

dhvajo rathasya prajJNaanam dhuumo jJNaanam vibhaavasoH | teShaam yo no dhvajo raaja sa devatvamito gataH || 2-67-30

Translation

"A rulerless country is like the water less rivers, like the lawn less garden and like the cowherd less cows."

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Brahmins Urge Vasishta to Select a Youth to be the King

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