The citizens governed by these low-class kings will imitate the character, behavior and speech of their rulers. Harassed by their leaders and by each other, they will all suffer ruination.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
स्त्रीबालगोद्विजघ्नाश्च परदारधनादृताः । उदितास्तमितप्राया अल्पसत्त्वाल्पकायुषः
strībālagodvijaghnāśca paradāradhanādṛtāḥ | uditāstamitaprāyā alpasattvālpakāyuṣaḥ
SB 12.1.41