THE KURAL
896. Even men who are caught in a conflagration may escape alive: but there is no safety for men who wrong the mighty ones.
897. Where will be thy life with its varied glories and thy wealth with all its splendour, if sages, strong in the strength of the spirit, are incensed against thee ?
898. Behold the princes who look as if they are established on an everlasting foundation : even they will perish with all their kin if men who are mighty as the mountain but will their doom.
899. Even the king of the Gods will fail from his place and lose his sovereignty if men of holy vows look on him in anger.
900. Even men who rest upon the most solid of supports will not be saved if men of great spiritual power frown on them.
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