Manusmriti

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विक्रोशन्त्यो यस्य राष्ट्राद् ह्रियन्ते दस्युभिः प्रजाः । सम्पश्यतः सभृत्यस्य मृतः स न तु जीवति ॥ १४३ ॥

sanskrit

That (monarch) whose subjects are carried off by robbers (Dasyu) from his kingdom, while they loudly call (for help), and he and his servants are (quietly) looking on, is a dead and not a living (king).

english translation

vikrozantyo yasya rASTrAd hriyante dasyubhiH prajAH | sampazyataH sabhRtyasya mRtaH sa na tu jIvati || 143 ||

hk transliteration