Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 100: Rāma Instructs Bharata About the Duties of a KingText 2.100.34
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 100: Rāma Instructs Bharata About the Duties of a King
Text 2.100.34
कालातिक्रमणाच्चैव भक्तवेतनयोर्भृताः।
भर्तुः कुप्यन्ति दुष्यन्ति सोऽनर्थः सुमहान्स्मृतः॥
kālātikramaṇāc caiva bhakta-vetanayor bhṛtāḥ
bhartuḥ kupyanti duṣyanti so ’narthaḥ sumahān smṛtaḥ
kāla-atikramaṇāt = beyond their stipulated time; ca eva = and; bhakta-vetanayoḥ = when grains and salaries are given; bhṛtāḥ = such dependent soldiers; bhartuḥ = at their masters; kupyanti = will become angry; duṣyanti = become corrupt; saḥ anarthaḥ = the degradation and disaster; sumahān = will be very great; smṛtaḥ = according to the Smṛti.
Such dependent soldiers will become angry at their master and become corrupt when grains and salaries are given beyond their stipulated time. The degradation and disaster will be very great according to the Smṛti.