Shiva Purana

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राजोवाच ।। निष्कासितो यैः पुत्राद्यैर्दुर्वृत्तैर्धनगर्धिभिः ।। तेषु किं भवता प्रीतिः क्रियते मूर्खजन्तुवत्।। ३९।।

sanskrit

The king said:— How is it that you love, even as senseless animals do, those sons and others who are of evil conduct and covetous for wealth and by whom you have been ousted?

english translation

rAjovAca || niSkAsito yaiH putrAdyairdurvRttairdhanagardhibhiH || teSu kiM bhavatA prItiH kriyate mUrkhajantuvat|| 39||

hk transliteration by Sanscript