Shanti Parva 123.17
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 123 · Verse 17
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Sanskrit Original
दुराचारान् यदा राजा प्रदुष्टान् न नियच्छति। तस्मादुद्विजते लोकः सर्पाद् वेश्मगतादिव॥
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If the king does not subdue those wicked men of sinful conduct, all good subjects then live in dread of him like a person living in a room within which a snake has concealed itself.