आनं छित्वा कुठारेण निम्बं परिचरेत् तु कः। यश्चैनं पयसा सिञ्चेन्नैवास्य मधुरो भवेत्॥
ānaṃ chitvā kuṭhāreṇa nimbaṃ paricaret tu kaḥ| yaścainaṃ payasā siñcennaivāsya madhuro bhavet||
English Meaning
Who having hewn a mango tree by his axe, tend a Nimba? It never turns sweet for him that waters it.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)