[neeti-48]
उद्भासिताखिलखलस्य विशृङ्खलस्यप्राग्जातविस्तृतनिजाधमकर्मवृत्तेः ।दैवादवाप्तविभवस्य गुणद्विषोऽस्यनीचस्य गोचरगतैः सुखमाप्यते कैः ॥४८॥udbhāsitākhilakhalasya viśṛṅkhalasyaprāgjātavistṛtanijādhamakarmavṛtteḥ |daivādavāptavibhavasya guṇadviṣo'syanīcasya gocaragataiḥ sukhamāpyate kaiḥ ||48||
Translation
(A WICKED KING)
Who can live in a country ruled by a (wicked) king, who gives eminent posts to the men of wicked disposition; who acts as he pleases without restraint, who has completely forgotten his lowly acts of the past, who has become prosperous by some freak luck, who hates men of good character, who is very mean! ॥ 48 ॥