शरदि न वर्षति गर्जति वर्षति वर्षासु निःस्वनो मेघः ।

नीचो वदति न कुरुते न वदति सुजनः करोत्येव ॥ १५१

Sharadi na varshati garjati varshati varshasu nihsvano meghah ।

Nicho vadati na kurute na vadati sujanah karotyeva ॥

Clouds in autumn do not cause rain, but they sound big when they pass by. Whereas monsoon clouds give rains, without making noise. An inferior person just talks, does not do anything, A good person just acts does not talk

बुधाग्रे न गुणान् ब्रूयात् साधु वेत्ति यतः स्वयम् ।

मूर्खाग्रेपि च न ब्रूयाद्धुधप्रोक्तं न वेत्ति सः ॥ १५२

Budhagre na gunan bruyat sadhu vetti yatah svayam ।

Murkhagrepi cha na bruyaddhuproktam na vetti sah ॥

Do not talk of your good qualities with a wise person as he will find them out by himself.

Do not talk of your good qualities with an idiot as he will neither understand nor appreciate them.

जलाब्दिन्दुनिपातेन क्रमशः पूर्यते घटः ।

स हेतु सर्वविद्यानां धर्मस्य च धनस्य च ॥ १५३

Jalabdindupatena kramashah puryate ghatah ।

Sa hety sarvavidyanam dharmasya ca dhanasya cha ॥ १५४  

A pot gets filled gradually by drops of water filling it.

Similarly, knowledge, dharma and wealth are to be earned little by little.

श्रमेण दुःखं यत्किञ्चिकार्यकालेनुभूयते ।

कालेन स्मर्यमाणं तत् प्रमोद् ॥ १५४

Shramena dukhah yatkinchakaryakalenubhuyate |

Kalena smaryamanam tat Pramod ॥

While working hard we do feel sadness due to the strain.

When in future, we think about it, we feel the satisfaction of having done it.

खद्योतो द्योतते तावद् यावन्नोदयेते शशी ।

उदिते तु सहस्रांशौ न खद्योतो न चन्द्रमा ॥ १५५

Kadhyoto dyotate tavad yavannodayate Shashi ।

Udite tu sahasramshau na khadyoto na chandrama ॥

The firefly appears bright only in the absence of the moon in the sky. But when the Sun rises, neither the glittering fly nor the moon is to be found!