हितोपदेश - मित्रलाभ - अनिष्टादिष्टलाभेपि

अनिष्टादिष्टलाभेपि नायतिर्जायते शुभा ।
यत्रास्ति विषसंसर्गोऽमृतम् तदपि मृत्यवे ॥

- हितोपदेश, मित्रलाभ

aniShTAdiShTalAbhepi nAyatirjAyate shubhA।
yatrAsti viShasamsargo amRutam tadapi mRutyuve ॥

- hitoapadesha, mitralAbha

A bad thing is always bad. Even if it gives you short term profit, the long term effect will always be bad. If a little bit of poison is mixed with elixir, the result is still death.

- Hitopadesha, Mitralabha