विपरीतः परस्थानीयोपकारः ॥ कZ_०८.४.४७ ॥
viparītaḥ parasthānīyopakāraḥ.
Support from elsewhere is the opposite (i.e., unreliable and vulnerability-producing).
That it reverses expected benefit: it becomes uncertain, costly, or politically risky—therefore a weak foundation in emergencies.