If a heron is taken to Mansarover lake, he will only be picking up small fish instead of invaluable pearls.
If a leech is put to the teats of a cow, it will not suckle milk but suck blood to satiate its hunger.
A fly when placed on a fragrant article does not stay there but hurriedly reaches where filth and stench is present.
Just as an elephant sprinkles dust on its head after bathing in clean water, so do the slanderers of saintly persons do not like the company of true and noble persons. (332)