प्रास्ताविकविलासः ।
कृतमपि महोपकारं पय इव पीत्वा निरातङ्कः ।
प्रत्युत हन्तुं यतते काकोदरसोदरः खलो जगति ॥ ७५ ॥
पाण्डित्यं परिहृत्य यस्य हि कृते बन्दित्वमालम्बितं
दुष्पापं मनसापि यो गुरुतरैः क्लेशैः पदं प्रापितः।
रूढस्तत्र स चेन्निगीरय सकला पूर्वोपकारावलीं
दुष्टःप्रत्यवतिष्ठते तद्धुना कस्मै किमाचक्ष्मह ॥ ७६ ॥
खलः कापट्यदोषेण दूरेणैव विसृज्यते ।
अपायशङ्किभिल्लोंकैर्विषेणाशीविषो यथा ॥ ७७ ॥
परार्थव्यासङ्गादुपजहदृथ स्वार्थपरता-
मभेदैकत्वं यो वहति गुणभूतेषु सततम् ।
75
A wicked man is the uterine brother of the
serpent, for, like the serpent who has without hesita-
tion drunk milk, he too, swallowing a great good turn
done to him, attempts to kill.
76 If he for whose sake we, having set aside (all
considerations of ) learning, stooped to flattery, and
who was helped with very great pains on to a position
difficult to obtain by him even in thought-if he, being
( well ) settled, now swallows (i. e. forgets ) all the
many previous good turns done to him, and turns out a
wicked man, what shall we say-and to whom?
77 A wicked man is avoided from afar on account
of his fraudulent nature by men fearing harm just like
a serpent on account of his venom.
78 Ever victorious is that rare individual who
forswears self-interest on account of his sedulity in the
interests of others, who ch erishes unity without distinc-
tion among all beings born of the three Gunas and in