SB 1.14.4

जिह्मप्रायं व्यवहृतं शाठ्यमिश्रं च सौहृदम् ।
पितृमातृसुहृद्भ्रातृदम्पतीनां च कल्कनम् ॥ ४ ॥
jihma-prāyaṁ vyavahṛtaṁ śāṭhya-miśraṁ ca sauhṛdam
pitṛ-mātṛ-suhṛd-bhrātṛ-dam-patīnāṁ ca kalkanam

Synonyms

[he observed (dṛṣṭvā)]; vyavahṛtam — [that] dealings [vyavahāram17]; jihma-prāyam — [were] filled with deceit [kapaṭa-bahulam]; sauhṛdam ca — friendship [sakhyam]; miśram — [was] tainted; śāṭhya — [with] guile [(vañcanam); having succumbed to self-interest (sva-prayojanopetam)18]; ca — and; kalkanam — quarrels [kalahādi]; [flared among counterparts (sva-pratiyogibhiḥ)]; pitṛ-mātṛ — [between] parents [and children (putreṇa-saha)19]; suhṛt — relatives [or friends (mitrayoḥ)]; bhrātṛ — brothers [and sisters]; dam-patīnām — [and] husbands and wives.

Translation

He observed that dealings were filled with deceit, friendship was tainted with guile, and quarrels flared between parents and children, relatives, brothers and sisters, and husbands and wives.

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