Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/vinayadhikarika/17/23

काष्ठम् इव घुण जग्धं राज कुलम् अविनीत पुत्रम् अभियुक्त मात्रं भज्येत ॥

sanskrit

"This," says Kautilya, "is death in life; for no sooner is a royal family with a prince or princes given to dissipation attacked, than it perishes like a worm-eaten piece of wood.

english translation

kASTham iva ghuNa jagdhaM rAja kulam avinIta putram abhiyukta mAtraM bhajyeta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/vinayadhikarika/17/23

काष्ठम् इव घुण जग्धं राज कुलम् अविनीत पुत्रम् अभियुक्त मात्रं भज्येत ॥

sanskrit

"This," says Kautilya, "is death in life; for no sooner is a royal family with a prince or princes given to dissipation attacked, than it perishes like a worm-eaten piece of wood.

english translation

kASTham iva ghuNa jagdhaM rAja kulam avinIta putram abhiyukta mAtraM bhajyeta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript