The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c10.s5.47

c10.s5.47

*prasiddhau kāryāṇām pravadati janaḥ pārthivabalam* *vipattau vispaṣṭaṃ sacivam atidoṣaṃ janayati* *amātyā ity uktāḥ çrutisukham udāraṃ nṛpatibhiḥ* *susūkṣmaṃ daṇḍyante matibalavidagdhāḥ kupuruṣāḥ.* ‘If policy succeeds, the people acclaim the prince’s might; if disaster ensue, it condemns the incompetency of the minister; poor fools, puffed up by their strength of intellect, they receive from kings the noble and sweet sounding style of “counsellor” only to be punished sharply for any failure.’