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20: mnmuK AMdir nUM Avgux krdw hY

Manmukh returns evil for good done to him

QlW AMdir Ak augvin vuTy mINh pvY muih moAw ]

dalaan andari aku ougavani voutday meenh pavai muhi moaa.

Akk plant grows in sandy regions and during rain it falls on its face.

piq tutY duD vih clY pIqY kwlkUt Ehu hoAw ]

pati toutai dudhu vahi chalai peetai kaalakootu aohu hoaa.

Milk oozes out of it when its leaf is plucked but it turns out to be poison when drunk.

AkhuN Pl huie KKVI inhPl so Pl Akiqfu BoAw ]

akahoun phal hoi khakharhee nihaphalu so phalu akatidu bhoaa.

The pod is a useless fruit of akk liked only by grasshoppers.

ivhu nsY Ak duD qy spu KwDw Kwie Ak nroAw ]

vihu nasai ak dudh tay sapu khaadhaa khaai ak naroaa.

The poison gets diluted by akk-milk and (sometimes) a person bitten by sanke gets cured of its poison.

so Ak cir kY bkrI dyie duDu AMimRq moih coAw ]

so ak chari kai bakaree dayi dudhu anmrit mohi choaa.

When a goat grazes the same akk,it yeilds nectar-like drinkable milk.

spY duDu pIAwlIAY ivsu augwlY pwis KVoAw ]

sapai dudhu peeaaleeai visu ougaalai paasi kharhoaa.

Milk given to snake is belched out by it instantly in the form of poison.

gux kIqy Avgux kir FoAw ]20]

goun keetay avagounu kari ddhoaa ||20||

The wicked person returns evil for good done to him.