Thieving proverb
Channel: Lectures on Sanskrit texts
Date: 2021-08-03

#shorts #sanskritsnippets #snippet #लघूक्तिः #ramayana 

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

பாம்பின் கால் பாம்பறியும்

यूयमेवाभिजानीत योऽयं यद्वा करिष्यति।
अहिरेव ह्यहेः पादान्विजानाति न संशयः ॥ 
—  रामायणे 5.42.9

"You alone can know about who he is and what he is about. A serpent alone knows the movement (footprints) of another serpent. There is no doubt about it.”

Voice: Visalakshi Sankaran