Arthashastra

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क्षीणाः पीडन उच्छेदन भयात् सद्यः संधिं युद्धं निष्पतनं वा रोचयन्ते ॥

An impoverished people are ever apprehensive of oppression and destruction (by over-taxation, etc.), and are therefore desirous of getting rid of their impoverishment, or of waging war or of migrating elsewhere.

english translation

kSINAH pIDana ucchedana bhayAt sadyaH saMdhiM yuddhaM niSpatanaM vA rocayante ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript