Verse 17·VR 2.35.17
अभिजात्यम् हि ते मन्ये यथा मातुस्तथैव च | न हि निम्बात्स्रवेत्क्षौद्रम् लोके निगदितम् वचः || २-३५-१७
maataa te pitaram devi tatah kekayamabraviit | sha.nsa me jiiva vaa maa vaa na maamapahasishhyasi || 2-35-23
Translation
"I think, by birth your nature is as exactly as that of your mother. a proverb is quoted in the world saying that honey does not ooze from a neem tree."
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Sumantra Rails at Kaikeyi
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