प्रजा हि लुब्धै राजन्यैर्निर्घृणैर्दस्युधर्मभि: । आच्छिन्नदारद्रविणा यास्यन्ति गिरिकाननम् ॥ ८ ॥
prajā hi lubdhai rājanyair nirghṛṇair dasyu-dharmabhiḥ ācchinna-dāra-draviṇā yāsyanti giri-kānanam
- prajāḥ
- the citizens
- hi
- indeed
- lubdhaiḥ
- avaricious
- rājanyaiḥ
- by the royal order
- nirghṛṇaiḥ
- merciless
- dasyu
- of ordinary thieves
- dharmabhiḥ
- acting according to the nature
- ācchinna
- taken away
- dāra
- their wives
- draviṇāḥ
- and property
- yāsyanti
- they will go
- giri
- to the mountains
- kānanam
- and forests
Losing their wives and properties to such avaricious and merciless rulers, who will behave no better than ordinary thieves, the citizens will flee to the mountains and forests.