Manusmriti

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नश्यतीषुर्यथा विद्धः खे विद्धमनुविध्यतः । तथा नश्यति वै क्षिप्रं बीजं परपरिग्रहे ॥ ४३ ॥

sanskrit

As the arrow, shot by (a hunter) who afterwards hits a wounded (deer) in the wound (made by another), is shot in vain, even so the seed, sown on what belongs to another, is quickly lost (to the sower).

english translation

nazyatISuryathA viddhaH khe viddhamanuvidhyataH | tathA nazyati vai kSipraM bIjaM paraparigrahe || 43 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript