This wretch is not to be regarded either as a friend or an enemy! What use in using harsh words to him who has now become a piece of wood.
नैष योग्योऽद्य मित्रं वा शत्रुर्वा पुरुषाधमः॥ किमनेनातिभुग्नेन वाग्भिः काष्ठसधर्मणा।