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