[shringara-52]
अपसर सखे दूरादस्मात्कटाक्षविषानलात्प्रकृतिविषमाद्योषित्सर्पादिविलासफणाभृतःइतरफणिना दष्टः शक्यश्चिकित्सितुमौषधैःचतुरवनिताभोगिग्रस्तं त्यजन्ति हि मन्त्रिणः ॥५२॥apasara sakhe dūrādasmātkaṭākṣaviṣānalātprakṛtiviṣamādyoṣitsarpādivilāsaphaṇābhṛtaḥitaraphaṇinā daṣṭaḥ śakyaścikitsitumauṣadhaiḥcaturavanitābhogigrastaṃ tyajanti hi mantriṇaḥ ||52||
Translation
Move away my friend, from this ‘woman-serpent’ which has charms as hoods; which shoots poisonous fire glancing side-ways; and is naturally crooked in the heart. A person bit by other snakes can be saved by treating him with medicines. But even those who know the magical cures for serpent-bites discard the man caught by the shrewd woman (as incurable)! ॥ 52 ॥