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दूष्य महा मात्रं वा "सूदो भक्ष कारो वा ते शोभनः" इति स्तवेन भक्ष्य भोज्यं याचेत, बहिर् वा क्वचिद् अध्व गतः पानीयम् ॥

A sauce-maker or a sweetmeat-maker may request of a seditious minister some sauce and sweetmeat by flattering him--"thou alone art worthy of such things."

english translation