उपभुक्तं यथा वासः स्रजो वा मृदिता यथा। एवं राज्यात् परिभ्रष्टः समर्थोऽपि निरर्थकः॥
upabhuktaṃ yathā vāsaḥ srajo vā mṛditā yathā| evaṃ rājyāt paribhraṣṭaḥ samartho'pi nirarthakaḥ||
English Meaning
Like a cloth that has been worn, like a garland that has been trodden, a king that had been dethroned, although able, is of no consequence.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)