Verse 3·VR 4.31.3
मति क्षयात् ग्राम्य सुखेषु सक्तः तव प्रसाद अप्रतिकार बुद्धिः | हतो अग्रजम् पश्यतु वालिनम् न राज्यम् एवम् विगुणस्य देयम् || ४-३१-३
mati kShayaat graamya sukheShu saktaH tava prasaada apratikaara buddhiH | hato agrajam pashyatu vaalinam na raajyam evam viguNasya deyam || 4-31-3
Translation
"Without any notion of requiting the beneficence you have accorded he is insanely involved in primitive pleasures, such as he is, let him see his elder brother Vali when slain. Hence, kingdoms are unaffordable to dishonest. [4-31-3]
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Lakshmana's Fury
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