SubhashitamAnushtubh
विकृतिं नैव गच्छन्ति सङ्गदोषेण साधवः । आवेष्टितं महासर्पैः चन्दनं न विषायते ॥
Good people are not corrupted by bad company — just as a sandalwood tree, though coiled about by great serpents, does not become poisonous.
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