क्लीवाः कियन्त्येवमसून्दिनानि धरिष्यथार्ताः प्रहृता वृथैव ।
हसन्त्यमित्रा अपमानराशिं क्रीणीय शान्त्या धनशोषणञ्च ॥ १६॥
klIvAH kiyantyevamasUndinAni dhariShyathArtAH prahR^itA vR^ithaiva |
hasantyamitrA apamAnarAshiM krINIya shAntyA dhanashoShaNa~ncha || 16||
16. How long will you thus impotently bear your lives in suffering, wantonly beaten by your oppressors’? Your haters laugh at you; you buy with peace a heap of dishonour and the depletion of your wealth.