Subhashita Ratna BhandagaraAnushtubh
अकस्माद्द्वेष्टि यो भक्तम् आजन्मपरिसेवितम् । न व्यञ्जने रुचिर्यस्य त्याज्यो नृप इवातुरः ॥
अकस्मात्suddenly
द्वेष्टिhates / despises
यःwho
भक्तम्devotee
आजन्मfrom birth (onwards)
परिसेवितम्who has served fully
नnot
व्यञ्जनेin food / curry
रुचिःtaste / liking
यस्यof whom
त्याज्यःshould be abandoned
नृपःking
इवlike / as
आतुरः(hopelessly) sick person
A king who suddenly despises a devotee who has served since birth, just as a sick person loses taste for food, should be abandoned like a hopeless patient.
loyaltydiscernment