सर्वे क्षयन्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रया: ।

संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं च जीवितम् ॥ २९६

Sarve kshayanta nichyah patanantah samucchrayah ।

Samyoga viprayoganta maranntam cha jivitam ॥

All things will ultimately get destroyed, what rises comes down.

All unions end in separation, all lives end in death.

तत्वज्ञस्य तृणं शास्त्रं वीरस्य समरस्तृणम् ।

विरक्तस्य तृणं नारी निःस्पृहस्य नृपास्तृणम् ॥ २९७

Tatvajnasya trunam shastram virasya samarastrunam ।

Viraktasya trunam nari nihspruhasya nrupastrunam ॥

For a realized person, sastras mean nothing, for a warrior a battle is nothing.

For a recluse, a woman is nothing, for a person without desires a king is nothing.

सूर्यं प्रति रजः क्षिप्तं स्वचक्षुषि पतिष्यति ।

गुरुं प्रति कृताऽवज्ञा सा तथा तस्य भाविनी ॥ २९८

Suryam prati rajah kshiptam svachakshushi patishyati ।

Gurum prati kruta avajna sa tatham tasya bhavini ॥

Dust thrown towards the sun would fall in one’s own eyes.

Insult shown towards one’s teacher would have the same effect.

प्रायेण खलु मन्दानाममर्षज्वलितं मनः ।

यस्मिन्वस्तुनि तत्कीर्त्या तद्विशेषेण दह्यते ॥ २९९

Prayena khalu mandanamamarshajvalitam manah ।

Yasminvastuni tatkirya tadvisheshena dahyate ॥

The mind of a dull headed person burning with anger about something,

gets further inflamed when reference is made to that object

आनन्दबाष्परोमाञ्चौ यस्य स्वेच्छावशंवदौ ।

किं तस्य साधनैरन्यैः किङ्कराः सर्वपार्थिवाः ॥ ३००

Anandabashparomanchau yasya svechchavashamvadau ।

Kim tasya sadhanairanyaih kinkarah sarvaparthivah ॥

Why would a person whose tears of joy and goose-pimples

are in control need other deeds. All kings will be his servants