The Insider Who Destroys Lanka

Ghar ka bhedi Lanka dhaye. The one who knows the secrets of the house brings down Lanka. Lanka is the kingdom of Ravana in the Ramayana. A folklore archive at the University of Southern California records the proverb as meaning that “the person who is a traitor to his/her own home can bring the entire house down.”

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