Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Demons who were intoxicated by the power of Ravana indiscriminately killed sages and destroyed sacrifices, thereby endangering the precarious peace that existed between the humans and the demons.

Mahabharata:  The peace that Dhristarashtra sought to establish by dividing the kingdom among the two cousins was precarious because Duryodhana remained envious and malicious.

Bhagavad-gita:  Our entire existence is constantly in a precarious state because at any moment, not only can death knock our bodies down but also temptation can knock our soul down.