स ते मा विनशेद्वीर प्रजानां क्षेमलक्षण: । यस्मिन् विनष्टे नृपतिरैश्वर्यादवरोहति ॥ १६ ॥
sa te ma vinased vira prajanam ksema-laksanah yasmin vinaste nrpatir aisvaryad avarohati
- sah
- that spiritual life
- te
- by you
- ma
- do not
- vinaset
- let it be spoiled
- vira
- O hero
- prajanam
- of the people
- ksema-laksanah
- the cause of prosperity
- yasmin
- which
- vinaste
- being spoiled
- nrpatih
- the king
- aisvaryat
- from opulence
- avarohati
- falls down.
The sages continued: O great hero, for this reason you should not be the cause of spoiling the spiritual life of the general populace. If their spiritual life is spoiled because of your activities, you will certainly fall down from your opulent and royal position.