Shiva Purana

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चित्रगुप्त उवाच॥ भो भो नृपा दुराचाराः प्रजा विध्वंसकारिणः ॥ अल्पकालस्य राज्यस्य कृते किं दुष्कृतं कृतम् ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

Citragupta said:— O ye wicked kings, who had tyrannised over and repressed your subjects, why were misdeeds committed for your rule of a very short duration?

english translation

citragupta uvAca॥ bho bho nRpA durAcArAH prajA vidhvaMsakAriNaH ॥ alpakAlasya rAjyasya kRte kiM duSkRtaM kRtam ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/uma-samhita/8/6

चित्रगुप्त उवाच॥ भो भो नृपा दुराचाराः प्रजा विध्वंसकारिणः ॥ अल्पकालस्य राज्यस्य कृते किं दुष्कृतं कृतम् ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

Citragupta said:— O ye wicked kings, who had tyrannised over and repressed your subjects, why were misdeeds committed for your rule of a very short duration?

english translation

citragupta uvAca॥ bho bho nRpA durAcArAH prajA vidhvaMsakAriNaH ॥ alpakAlasya rAjyasya kRte kiM duSkRtaM kRtam ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript