अहितं च हिताकारं धाष्टाजल्पन्ति ये नराः। अवश्यं मन्त्रबाह्यास्ते कर्तव्याः कृत्यदूषकाः॥
ahitaṃ ca hitākāraṃ dhāṣṭājalpanti ye narāḥ| avaśyaṃ mantrabāhyāste kartavyāḥ kṛtyadūṣakāḥ||
English Meaning
Those-spoilers of business-who from recklessness talk of pernicious as if profitableshould certainly be rejected as counsellors.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)