मातरं पितरं भ्रातृन् सर्वांश्च सुहृदस्तथा । घ्नन्ति ह्यसुतृपो लुब्धा राजान: प्रायशो भुवि ॥ ६७ ॥
mātaraṁ pitaraṁ bhrātṝn sarvāṁś ca suhṛdas tathā ghnanti hy asutṛpo lubdhā rājānaḥ prāyaśo bhuvi
- mātaram
- unto the mother
- pitaram
- unto the father
- bhrātṝn
- unto brothers
- sarvān ca
- and anyone else
- suhṛdaḥ
- friends
- tathā
- as well as
- ghnanti
- they kill (as it is practically seen)
- hi
- indeed
- asu-tṛpaḥ
- those who envy the lives of others for their personal sense gratification
- lubdhāḥ
- greedy
- rājānaḥ
- such kings
- prāyaśaḥ
- almost always
- bhuvi
- on the earth
Kings greedy for sense gratification on this earth almost always kill their enemies indiscriminately. To satisfy their own whims, they may kill anyone, even their mothers, fathers, brothers or friends.