Modern life and Corruption an ethical evaluation
Charaka said The root cause of the derangement of all is unrighteousness or adharmsa. That arises from misdeeds from a previous life or this life, but the source of both is pragya aparadha (intellectual error) [unrighteousness]… When the heads of the country, city, guild and community (Desh, Nagar, Nigam, Janapadha Pradhan) having transgressed the virtuous path, deal unrighteous with people and their officers and subordinates, and people of the city and community and traders carry this unrighteousness further. Thus this unrighteousness has disappeared, unrighteousness has the upper hand.