Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 153
स्वगतम् -- तत्किमिदमेतद्विचेष्टितं न वेत्येतद्व्यवहारादेव निर्णेतुं न शक्यते । यतः ।
कश्चिदाश्रयसौन्दर्याद् अत्ते शोभामसज्जनः ।
प्रमदालोचनन्यस्तं मलीमसमिवाञ्जनम् ॥
(To himself) Now it is not possible to decide from his manner of acting (or, conversing) whether this is his doing or not. For, some wicked man possesses splendour (appears good amiable) from the beauty of his master (or patron, lit. the person he depends upon), like fool (black) collyrium when put into their eyes by young women.
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