शुष्ककाष्ठैर्भवेत् कार्यं लोष्ठैरपि च पांसुभिः। न तु स्थानात् परिभ्रष्टैः कार्यं स्याद् वसुधाधिपैः।।१८।
śuṣkakāṣṭhairbhavet kāryaṃ loṣṭhairapi ca pāṃsubhiḥ| na tu sthānāt paribhraṣṭaiḥ kāryaṃ syād vasudhādhipaiḥ||18|
English Meaning
Even dry wood may serve a purpose; or stone, or dust; but no purpose is capable of being served by a sovereign that has been cast off his place.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)