Shanti Parva 140.14
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 140 · Verse 14
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Sanskrit Original
शत्रु च मित्ररूपेण सान्त्वेनैवाभिसान्त्वयेत्। नित्यशश्नोद्विजेत् तस्माद् गृहात् सर्पयुतादिव॥
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One should conciliate an enemy with sweet assurances as if he were a friend. One, however, should always fear that enemy like a room within which there is a snake.