यथा ह्यनुदका नद्यो यथा वाप्यतृणं वनम्। अगोपाला यथा गावस्तथा राष्ट्रमराजकम्॥
yathā hyanudakā nadyo yathā vāpyatṛṇaṃ vanam| agopālā yathā gāvastathā rāṣṭramarājakam||
English Meaning
Even as a river without water, a wood without grass, a herd of kine without a keeper, is a kingdom without a king.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)