अयुक्तचारं दुर्दर्शमस्वाधीनं नराधिपम्। वर्जयन्ति नरा दूरानदीपङ्कमिव द्विपाः॥
ayuktacāraṃ durdarśamasvādhīnaṃ narādhipam| varjayanti narā dūrānadīpaṅkamiva dvipāḥ||
English Meaning
Even as elephants shun the muddy river, do people shun from a distance, the ruler that dose not send cut spies, who show now himself (to his subjects), and who had lost his independence.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)