अर्थधर्मौ परित्यज्य य काममनुवर्तते। एवमापद्यते क्षिप्रं राजा दशरथो यथा।।2.53.13।।
arthadharmau parityajya ya kāmamanuvartate. evamāpadyate kṣipraṃ rājā daśaratho yathā..2.53.13..
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English Translation
"Any king who abandons dharma and artha and adopts a life of pleasure will very soon reach this state as Dasaratha has attained."
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Word Meanings
यः he, अर्थधर्मौ dharma and artha (prosperity and righteousness), परित्यज्य having abandoned, कामम् pleasure, अनुवर्तते seeks, राजा such a king, दशरथो यथा like Dasaratha, क्षिप्रम् soon, एवम् in this way, आपद्यते will reach such a state.
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Source
Valmiki Ramayana
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Sarga 53
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130.13