Chapter 16 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 16.12

यथा मधुकरस्तांद्रसं विन्दन्न तिष्ठति। तथा त्वमपि तत्रैव तथानार्येषु सौहृदम्॥

yathā madhukarastāṃdrasaṃ vindanna tiṣṭhati| tathā tvamapi tatraiva tathānāryeṣu sauhṛdam||

English Meaning

As a bee flies away after sucking up the honey so is the friendship with unworthy persons.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)