Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.2.21

8.2.21

durbalo 'bhijāto balavān anabhijāto rājeti "durbalasyābhijātasyopajāpaṃ daurbalyāpekṣāḥ prakṛtayaḥ kṛcchreṇopagacchanti, balavataś cānabhijātasya balāpekṣāḥ sukhena" ity ācāryāḥ //

Which is better, a weak but high-born king, or a strong but low-born king?

My teacher says that a people, even if interested in having a weak king, hardly allow room for the intrigues of a weak but high-born person to be their king; but that if they desire power, they will easily yield themselves to the intrigues of a strong but base-born person to be their king.