Verse 14·VR 6.16.14

यथा मधुकर्स्तराषात्काशपुष्पम् पिबन्नपि | रसमत्र न विन्देत तथानार्येषु सौहृदम् || ६-१६-१४

yathaa madhukarstaraaShaatkaashapuShpam pibannapi | rasamatra na vindeta tathaanaaryeShu sauhR^idam || 6-16-14

Translation

"As even though trying to drink nectar from a flower of grass, a honey bee cannot get it, so also friendship cannot be extracted from vulgar persons."

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yathaa

how

madhukaraH

a honey bee

na vindeta

cannot get

rasam

nectar

atra

in it

pibannapi

even though trying to drink;kaashapushhpam = on a flower of grass

tathaa

in the same manner

sauhR^idam

friendship

anaaryeshhu

from vulgar persons.'

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Ravana Refuses to Hear the Words of Vibhishana

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