[subhāṣita/apophthegm] Stranger with unknown faults or Acquaintance with known faults?

[Vyom A. Shah]

आगन्तुकोऽनुरागं नेतुमविज्ञातदूषणः शक्यः।

विज्ञातदूषणः खलु जनस्तु न शक्यः सहवासी॥

[आगन्तुकः। अनुरागम्। नेतुम्। अविज्ञातदूषणः। शक्यः।

विज्ञातदूषणः। खलु। जनः। तु। न। शक्यः। सहसवासी॥]

{āgantuko'nurāgaṃ netumavijñātadūṣaṇaḥ śakyaḥ.

vijñātadūṣaṇaḥ khalu janastu na śakyaḥ sahavāsī..}

A stranger, whose faults are unknown, can be drawn towards affection. But someone, whose faults are already known, cannot be accepted even as fellow lodger (or neighbor).

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This verse is from

Text name: Nalavilāsa

Author of text: Rāmacandrasūri

Text description: A drama based on love story of life of Nala and Damayantī in 7 acts. Edited by Lalchandra Gandhi under Gaekwad Oriental Series No. 29.

Publishers: Central Library, Baroda (1926)

[Vyom A. Shah]

Read: जनस्तु शक्यो न सहवासी