स्वामिना प्रतिकूलेन प्रजास्तीक्ष्णेन रावण। रक्ष्यमाणा न वर्धन्ते मृगा गोमायुना यथा॥
svāminā pratikūlena prajāstīkṣṇena rāvaṇa| rakṣyamāṇā na vardhante mṛgā gomāyunā yathā||
English Meaning
Verily the subjects, O Ravana, can never expect to prosper under the regime of hotnatured sovereigns acting against their subjects like to deer under the protection of a jackal.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)