Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 133
सिंहो ब्रूते -- किमाश्चर्यम् । यन्मयायं
अभयवाचं दत्त्वानीतः संवर्धितश्च तत्कथं मह्यं द्रुह्यति ।
दमनको ब्रूते -- देव ।
दुर्जनो प्रकृतिं याति सेव्यमानोऽपि नित्यशः ।
स्वेदनाभ्यञ्जनोपायैः श्वपुच्छमिव नामितम् ॥
The lion said - What wonder! Since he was brought here by me having pledged my word of safety and was well taken care of, how can he turn a traitor to me? Damanaka observed - A wicked man, even though served every day, reverts to his natural disposition, like a dog's tail resuming (its natural) bent, notwithstanding such remedies as causing sweat (by fumigation) and rubbing it with unguents (for making it straight).
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