ayaso hi malaḥ samutthitaḥ sa tad utthāya tam eva khādati |
evaṃ hy aniśāmyacāriṇaṃ svāni karmāṇi nayanti durgatim |9,19|
19 (240). As iron, when the rust doth take hold of it, is eaten by it, so in like manner is the heedless man brought into the evil way by his own deed.