न चिरं पापकर्माणः क्रूरा लोकजुगुप्सिताः। ऐश्वर्यं प्राप्य तिष्ठन्ति शीर्णमूला इव द्रुमाः।७।।
na ciraṃ pāpakarmāṇaḥ krūrā lokajugupsitāḥ| aiśvaryaṃ prāpya tiṣṭhanti śīrṇamūlā iva drumāḥ|7||
English Meaning
Like to trees whose roots have been reduced, cruel persons, execrated of men, who perpetrate iniquitous acts, do not exist long.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)