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"यथा चण्डाल उद पानश् चण्डालानाम् एव उपभोग्यो न अन्येषाम्, एवम् अयं राजा नीचो नीचानाम् एव उपभोग्यो न त्वद्विधानाम् आर्याणाम्, असौ राजा पुरुष विशेषज्ञः, तत्र गम्यताम्" इति मानि वर्गम् उपजापयेत् ॥

In like manner haughty persons may be won over by telling that „just as a reservoir of water belonging to Chándálas is serviceable only to Chándálas, but not to others, so this king of low-birth confers his patronage only on low-born people, but not on Aryas like thee; so the other king who is possessed of power to distinguish between men and men may be courted.‟

english translation