Verse 31·VR 2.67.31
न अराजके जन पदे स्वकम् भवति कस्यचित् | मत्स्याइव नरा नित्यम् भक्षयन्ति परस्परम् || २-६७-३१
yehi sambhinna maryaadaa naastikaaH chinna sa.nshayaaH | te api bhaavaaya kalpante raaja daNDa nipiiDitaaH || 2-67-32
Translation
"In a rulerless land, there is no one's own property for any one. Like fishes, persons always eat away each other."
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Brahmins Urge Vasishta to Select a Youth to be the King
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