[897] * He is kindly in speech, yet in mind he may be an impenetrable fastness;
concealed, his lair a hole, like a black snake, is he who bears the Dhamma as his banner (dhammaddhaja);
esteemed as good in villages and towns, this one is hard to know
#1 M.: bhaddaṃ vo. 2 M., Yu.: potañca. * Sī., M. read thus:
# Vācāya sakhilo manoviduggo,
# channo kupassayova kaṇhasappo,
# dhammaddhajo gāmanigamāsu sādhu,
# dujjāno purisena bālisena.
for a foolish man. *
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.