एकः स्वादु न भुञ्जीत एकश्चार्थान्न चिन्तयेत् ।

एको न गच्छेदध्वानं नैकः सुप्तेषु जागृयात् ॥ ४५१

Ekah svadu na bhunjita ekashcharthanna chintayet ।

Eko na gacchedhvanam naikah supteshu jagruyat ॥

One should not eat a delicacy alone, one should not think of profits alone

One should not travel alone and one should not be awake among sleeping persons.

पुराणमित्येव न साधु सर्वं न चाऽपि काव्यं नवमित्यवद्यम् ।
सन्तः परीक्ष्यान्यतरत् भजन्ते मूढः परप्रत्ययनेयबुद्धिः ॥ ४५२

Puraṇamityeva na sadhu sarvaṃ na cha api kavyaṃ navamityavadyam ।
Santah parīkshyanyatarat bhajante muuḍhah parapratyayaneyabuddhih ॥

Old literature need not be good only because it is old. New ones need not be bad because they are new. Wisemen examine both and decide whether a piece is good or bad. Only a fool will blindly be led by what others say.

अलभ्यं लब्धुकामस्य जनस्य मतिरीदृशी ।

अलभ्येषु मनस्तापः सञ्चितार्थो विनश्यति ॥ ४५३

Alabhyam labdhukamasya janasya matiridrushi ।

Alabhyeshu manastapah sanchitartho vinashyati ॥

People who aspire to get what is impossible to get have mental torment. When they do not succeed, their mental status will ruin whatever already got.

पुरुषस्येह जातस्य भवन्ति गुरवस्त्रयः  ।

आचारश्चैव काकुत्स्थ पिता माता च राघव ॥ ४५४

Purushasyeha jatasya bhavanti guravastrayah ।

Acharashchaiva kakuststha pita mata cha Raghava ॥

O Raghava, scion of Kakutstha, from birth there are three teachers of a man. His Guru, his father and mother.

कुलानां तु शतं हन्यादप्रयच्छन् प्रतिश्रुतम् ।

देवानां च गुरुणां च मातापित्रोस्तथैव च ॥ ४५५

Kulanam tu shatam hanyadaprayachchan pratishrutam ।

Devanam cha gurunam cha matapitrostathaiva cha ॥

A person, having promised to Gods Teachers and Parents,

does not give will have his hundred generations annihilated