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"यथा लीनः सर्पो यस्माद् भयं पश्यति तत्र विषम् उत्सृजति, एवम् अयं राजा जात दोष आशङ्कस् त्वयि पुरा क्रोध विषम् उत्सृजति, अन्यत्र गम्यताम्" इति भीत वर्गं उपजापयेत् ॥

Likewise alarmed persons may be won over by telling that „just as a hidden snake bites and emits poison over whatever alarms it, so this king apprehensive of danger from thee will ere long emit the poison of his resentment on thee; so thou mayest better go elsewhere.‟

english translation