यः स्वपक्षं परित्यज्य परपक्षं निषेवते। स स्वपक्षे क्षयं याते पश्चात्तैरेव हन्यते॥
yaḥ svapakṣaṃ parityajya parapakṣaṃ niṣevate| sa svapakṣe kṣayaṃ yāte paścāttaireva hanyate||
English Meaning
He that, forsaking his own party, serve that of another, is destroyed even by the latter, when his own party is destroyed.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)