अप्येव दहनं स्पृष्ट्वा वने तिष्ठन्ति पादपाः। राजदण्डपरामृष्टास्तिष्ठन्ते नापराधिनः॥
apyeva dahanaṃ spṛṣṭvā vane tiṣṭhanti pādapāḥ| rājadaṇḍaparāmṛṣṭāstiṣṭhante nāparādhinaḥ||
English Meaning
Even trees may exist in the forest, coming in contact with burning fire; but transgressors cannot exist, visited with the chastisement of the monarch.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)