sycophant

अत्यादरो भवेद् यत्र कार्य-कारण-वर्जितः।

तत्र शङ्का प्रकर्तव्या परिणामे सुखावहा॥४४६॥

पञ्चतन्त्रं

atyādaro bhaved yatra kārya-kāraṇa-varjitaḥ |

tatra śaṅkā prakartavyā pariṇāmesukhāvahā ||446||

pañcatantraṁ

 

അത്യാദരോ ഭവേദ്യത്ര കാര്യകാരണവര്‍ജ്ജിതഃ

തത്രശങ്കാ പ്രകര്‍ത്തവ്യാ പരിണാമേ സുഖാവഹാ

 

If a person receives excessive respect in a place without any rhyme or reason,

he should be sceptical and behave with great  caution  there.

Such caution would do him a lot of good in the long run

People are usually very selfish in nature,

If they bestow upon others unreasonable favours, it can be inferred that they do it because they have some axe to grind. 

The demands and entreaties will follow soon.

Therefore the person on whom undue praises are heaped upon, should never relax his vigil.

The sycophant is merely trying to apply excessive soap on  the one whom he praises and  is doing so with some definite selfish motive.

 Such chamchas will be found everywhere and specially so along the lobbies of power.

 If such chamcha has managed to achieve his purpose then he will no longer show any familiarity with the benefactor because he knows that the latter is no more of any use for  him.