नदीतीरे च ये वृक्षाः परगेहेषु कामिनी ।
मन्त्रहीनाश्च राजानः शीघ्रं नश्यन्त्यसंशयम् ॥२.१५॥
nadītīre ca ye vṛkṣāḥ parageheṣu kāminī |
mantrahīnāśca rājānaḥ śīghraṃ naśyantyasaṃśayam ||2.15||
trees on the banks of a river, a lustful woman in another man’s house, and a king without strategists, are swiftly destroyed, without doubt
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Excerpt from the book “Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms” by Rajen Jani