कुग्रामवासः कुलहीनसेवा कुभोजनं क्रोधमुखी च भार्या ।
पुत्रश्च मूर्खो विधवा च कन्या विनाग्निना षट्प्रदहन्ति कायम् ॥४.८॥
kugrāmavāsaḥ kulahīnasevā kubhojanaṃ krodhamukhī ca bhāryā |
putraśca mūrkho vidhavā ca kanyā vināgninā ṣaṭpradahanti kāyam ||4.8||
residing in a bad city, serving a person of a low-status family, bad food, an angry-mouthed wife, a foolish son, and a widowed daughter; these six without fire burn the body
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Excerpt from the book “Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms” by Rajen Jani