Simhasanadvatrimshika 14.p2

14.p2

bho rājan, tvaṃ tādṛśaṃ rājyaṃ parityajya pramattaḥ san kathaṃ deśāntaraṃ praty āgataḥ? yadi madhye vikṛtiś cet, kiṃ kariṣyasi? rājño 'ktam: ahaṃ sarvam api rājyabhāraṃ mantrihaste nidhāya samāgato 'smi. avadhūtavāseno 'ktam: bho rājan, tathā 'pi nītiśāstravirodhaḥ kṛtaḥ. uktaṃ ca:

"O king, having abandoned such a kingdom, becoming careless, why have you come to another land? If some disorder should occur in the meantime, what will you do?" The king said: "I have come having placed the entire burden of the kingdom in the hands of my ministers." Avadhūtavāsa said: "O king, even so, an offense against the science of worldly wisdom has been committed. And it is said: