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# Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 385

Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 385

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [385](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.mahasubhasitasangraha.385)

ajā iva prajā mohād yo hanyāt pṛthivīpatiḥ /  
tasyaikā jāyate tṛptir na dvitīyā kathaṃcana //

> A ruler of the earth who out of delusion slaughters his subjects like goats / obtains only one satisfaction, never a second.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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