भिद्यन्ते भ्रातरो दारा: पितर: सुहृदस्तथा । एकास्निग्धा: काकिणिना सद्य: सर्वेऽरय: कृता: ॥ २० ॥
bhidyante bhrātaro dārāḥ pitaraḥ suhṛdas tathā ekāsnigdhāḥ kākiṇinā sadyaḥ sarve ’rayaḥ kṛtāḥ
- bhidyante
- they break off
- bhrātaraḥ
- the brothers
- dārāḥ
- wife
- pitaraḥ
- parents
- suhṛdaḥ
- friends
- tathā
- and
- eka
- as if one
- āsnigdhāḥ
- very dear
- kākiṇinā
- by a small coin
- sadyaḥ
- immediately
- sarve
- all of them
- arayaḥ
- enemies
- kṛtāḥ
- made
Even a man’s brothers, wife, parents and friends united with him in love will immediately break off their affectionate relationships and become enemies over a single coin.