A History of Sanskrit Literature c17.s1.80

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c17.s1.80

‘For a man to serve a king is as wise as to lick the edge of a sword, embrace a lion, and kiss the mouth of a serpent.’ The evils of overcrowding are not modern alone, as Vainateya shows in a humorous stanza:

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