Hitopdesh • Chapter 2 • Shloka 81
अथवा स्थितिरियं दुर्जनानाम् ।
प्राक्पादयोः पतति खादति पृष्ठमांसं
कर्णे फलं किमपि रौति शनैर्विचित्रम् ।
छिद्रं निरूप्य सहसा प्रविशत्यशङ्कः
सर्वं खलस्य चरितं मशकः करोति ॥
Or rather, such is the settled course of conduct of the wicked. First, he falls at the feet and then bites the back; gradually he sings wonderfully some sweet indistinct hum into the ear; and having noticed some hole (a weak point) he at once enters it (takes advantage of it) fearlessly, (thus) does a gnat imitate all the actions of wicked man.
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