Bhagavata Purana 10.47.6
Srimad Bhagavatam · 47 · Verse 6
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Sanskrit Original
अन्येष्वर्थकृता मैत्री यावदर्थविडम्बनम् । पुम्भि: स्त्रीषु कृता यद्वत् सुमन:स्विव षट्पदै: ॥ ६ ॥
anyeṣv artha-kṛtā maitrī yāvad-artha-viḍambanam pumbhiḥ strīṣu kṛtā yadvat sumanaḥsv iva ṣaṭpadaiḥ
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The friendship shown toward others — those who are not family members — is motivated by personal interest, and thus it is a pretense that lasts only until one’s purpose is fulfilled. Such friendship is just like the interest men take in women, or bees in flowers.