markaṭasya surāpānaṁ madhye vṛścika-daṁśanam
markaṭasya surāpānaṁ madhye vṛścika-daṁśanam |
tan-madhye bhūta-sañcāro yadvā tadvā bhaviṣyati ||
(Samayocita-padya-mālikā)
“Anything may become of a monkey who, while drinking alcohol, is bitten by a scorpion and possessed by a ghost.”