Manusmriti

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शक्तः परजने दाता स्वजने दुःखजीविनि । मध्वापातो विषास्वादः स धर्मप्रतिरूपकः ॥ ९ ॥

sanskrit

(If) an opulent man (is) liberal towards strangers, while his family lives in distress, that counterfeit virtue will first make him taste the sweets (of fame, but afterwards) make him swallow the poison (of punishment in hell).

english translation

zaktaH parajane dAtA svajane duHkhajIvini | madhvApAto viSAsvAdaH sa dharmapratirUpakaH || 9 ||

hk transliteration