Hitopadesha 1.92

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aparaṃ ca-
mahatāpy artha-sāreṇa yo viśvasiti śatruṣu |
bhāryāsu ca viraktāsu tad-antaṃ tasya jīvanam //

And another [verse]: / Whoever trusts in enemies, even through an abundance of material wealth, / or in alienated wives, his life has reached its end.

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laghu-patanako brūte-śrutaṃ mayā sarvaṃ, tathāpi mamaitāvan eva saṅkalpaḥ | yat tvayā saha sauhṛdyam avaśyaṃ karaṇīyam iti | anyathā anāhāreṇātmānaṃ tava dvāri vyāpādayiṣyāmīti | tathā hi-

Laghu-patanaka said: 'I have heard all of this; nevertheless, this is my firm resolve: friendship must certainly be made with you. Otherwise, I shall destroy myself by fasting at your door. For:

"Maybe," answered Light o' Leap; "but I am bent on winning thy friendship, and I will die at thy door of fasting if thou grantest it not. Let us be friends! for