Arthashastra

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जायते प्लक्ष बीज आशात् कपोताद् इव शाल्मलेः ॥ उद्वेग जननो नित्यं पश्चाद् अपि भय आवहः ॥

and is ever threatening with destruction just as a pigeon living on the seeds of plaksha (holy fig-tree) is to the salmali (silk-cotton) tree.

english translation

jAyate plakSa bIja AzAt kapotAd iva zAlmaleH ॥ udvega janano nityaM pazcAd api bhaya AvahaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript