Verse 2·VR 6.16.2
वसेत् सह सपत्नेन क्रुद्धेन आशी विषेण च | न तु मित्र प्रवादेन सम्वस्च्चत्रुणा सह || ६-१६-२
vaset saha sapatnena kruddhena aashii viSheNa ca | na tu mitra pravaadena samvascchatruNaa saha || 6-16-2
Translation
"One can stay together with an enemy or even with a furious snake, but one cannot stay together with an adversary yet avowing himself as a friend"
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vaset
one can stay
sapatnena saha
with an enemy
ashiivishheNa
or with a snake
kruddhena
which is enraged
tu
but
na samvaset
one cannot stay
shatruNaasaha
with an enemy
mitrapravaadena
talking as a friend.'
Chapter context
16
Ravana Refuses to Hear the Words of Vibhishana
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