हिंसाविहारं नृपतिं दु:शीलमजितेन्द्रियम् । प्रजा भजन्त्य: सीदन्ति दरिद्रा नित्यदु:खिता: ॥ २४ ॥
hiṁsā-vihāraṁ nṛpatiṁ duḥśīlam ajitendriyam prajā bhajantyaḥ sīdanti daridrā nitya-duḥkhitāḥ
- hiṁsā
- violence
- vihāram
- whose sport
- nṛ-patim
- this King
- duḥśīlam
- wicked
- ajita
- unconquered
- indriyam
- whose senses
- prajāḥ
- the citizens
- bhajantyaḥ
- serving
- sīdanti
- suffer distress
- daridrāḥ
- poverty-stricken
- nitya
- always
- duḥkhitāḥ
- unhappy
Citizens serving such a wicked king, who takes pleasure in violence and cannot control his senses, are doomed to suffer poverty and constant misery.