[subhāṣita/apophthegm] Wicked men and dogs!

[Vyom A. Shah]

पिसुणसुणयाण दोण्हं वि दीसइ लोयम्मि अंतरं गरुयं।

चिरपरिचिएसु न भसइ सुणओ पिसुणो पुणो भसइ॥१८

[पिशुन-शुनकानाम्। द्वयोः। अपि। दृश्यते। लोके। अन्तरम्। गुरुकम्।

चिर-परिचितेषु। न। भषति। शुनकः। पिशुनः। पुनः। भषति॥]

{pisuṇasuṇayāṇa dōṇhaṁ vi dīsa:i lōyammi aṁtaraṁ garuyaṁ.
cirapariciēsu na bhasa:i suṇaō pisuṇō puṇō bhasa:i..18}

A stark contrast exists in this world between dogs and the wicked. Dogs refrain from barking in front of long familiar individuals, while the wicked tend to abuse them (familiar ones).

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This verse is from

Text name: Manoramā Kahā

Author of text: Vardhamānasūri

Text description: A work composed in prose and verse depicting life of Manoramā.  Edited by Dr. Ruprendra Pagariya under L. D. Series No. 93.

Publishers: L. D. Institute of Indology (1983)