यत्र राजा स्वयं चौरः सामात्यः सपुरोहितः

यत्र राजा स्वयं चौरः सामात्यः सपुरोहितः।

तत्राहं किं करिष्यामि यथा राजा तथा प्रजाः॥५०६९ ईन्दिचे ष्प्रुचे

yatra rājā svayaṁ cauraḥ sāmātyaḥ sapurohitaḥ|

tatrāhaṁ kiṁ kariṣyāmi yathā rājā tathā prajāḥ||5069 īndice ṣpruce

What is that I can do, how can I survive in a place

Where the king himself is a thief and he is assisted by a minister and a priest who too do not lag behind in their efficiency as thieves and pilferers.

Like king, like citizens..