If you dig a well for another, you will fall into it yourself.
_Note._—In the 12th century there actually lived a saint called “Sakhi
Sarwar,” whose real name was Sayyid Ahmad. His father is said to have
been a native of Baghdad. In another legend he is represented as a
disciple of the celebrated Pir Dastagir of Baghdad. Close to the tomb of
this saint is a shrine to Baba Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, and a
temple to Vishnu.—_Crooke._
It may be that the “Sakhi” of this tale refers to this saint.
“'_Sakhi’s’ grief under torture._”—A common saying amongst the people to
express the fact that no one is without suffering is thus given in part
Persian:
Darin duneâh kussay bê ghrun nebashad Agar barhad, to bunsie
Adam nabashad.