नाराजके जनपदे सिद्धार्था व्यवहारिणः। कथाभिरभिरज्यन्ते कथाशीलाः कथाप्रियैः॥
nārājake janapade siddhārthā vyavahāriṇaḥ| kathābhirabhirajyante kathāśīlāḥ kathāpriyaiḥ||
English Meaning
In a kingless country disputants cannot decide their point; nor are persons given to hearing Puranic recitations pleased by those delighting in the practice.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)