ममैवेयं मही कृत्स्ना न ते मूढेति वादिन: । स्पर्धमाना मिथो घ्नन्ति म्रियन्ते मत्कृते नृपा: ॥ ८ ॥
mamaiveyaṁ mahī kṛtsnā na te mūḍheti vādinaḥ spardhamānā mitho ghnanti mriyante mat-kṛte nṛpāḥ
- mama
- mine
- eva
- indeed
- iyam
- this
- mahī
- land
- kṛtsnā
- entire
- na
- not
- te
- yours
- mūḍha
- you fool
- iti vādinaḥ
- thus speaking
- spardhamānāḥ
- quarreling
- mithaḥ
- each other
- ghnanti
- they kill
- mriyante
- they are killed
- mat-kṛte
- for my sake
- nṛpāḥ
- kings
“Political leaders challenge one another: ‘All this land is mine! It’s not yours, you fool!’ Thus they attack one another and die.