तन्नाथास्ते जनपदास्तच्छीलाचारवादिन: । अन्योन्यतो राजभिश्च क्षयं यास्यन्ति पीडिता: ॥ ४१ ॥
tan-nāthās te janapadās tac-chīlācāra-vādinaḥ anyonyato rājabhiś ca kṣayaṁ yāsyanti pīḍitāḥ
- tat-nāthāḥ
- the subjects having these kings as rulers
- te
- they
- jana-padāḥ
- the residents of the cities
- tat
- of these kings
- śīla
- (imitating) the character
- ācāra
- behavior
- vādinaḥ
- and speech
- anyonyataḥ
- one another
- rājabhiḥ
- by the kings
- ca
- and
- kṣayam yāsyanti
- they will become ruined
- pīḍitāḥ
- tormented
The citizens governed by these low-class kings will imitate the character, behavior and speech of their rulers. Harassed by their leaders and by each other, they will all suffer ruination.