यं विषादोऽभिभवति विक्रमे समुपस्थिते ।

तेजसा तस्य हीनस्य पुरुषार्थो न विद्यते ॥ ४८६

Yam vishado abhibhavati vikrame samusthite ।

Tejasa tasya hinasya prurshartho na vidyate ॥

One who lets himself be depressed at the time of triumph,

Such a courage less person loses his very purpose.

दुर्जनेन समं वैरं प्रीतिं चापि न कारयेत् ।

उष्णो दहति चाङ्गारशशीतः कृष्णायते करम् ॥ ४८७

Durjanena samam vairam pritim chapi na karayet ।

Ushno dahati changarashsharitah krushnayate karam ॥

Do not cultivate enmity or friendship with a wicked one.

Charcoal burns one when hot and makes the hand black when cold.

प्रवृत्तौ जायते रागो निर्वृत्तौ द्वेष एव हि ।
निर्द्वन्द्वो बालवद् धीमान् एवमेव व्यवस्थितः ॥ ४८८

Pravrutto jayate rago nirvrutto dvesha eva hi ।

Nirdvandvo balavad dhiman evemeva vyavasthitah ॥

Involvement begets attachment and abstention generates aversion.

The Wise man free from the pair of opposites like a child is well established.

धान्यानामुत्तमं दाक्ष्यं धनानामुत्तमं श्रुतम् ।

लाभानां श्रेय आरोग्यं सुखानां तुष्टिरुत्तमा ॥ ४८९

Dhanyanamuttamam dakshyam dhananamuttamam shrutam ।

Labhanam Shreya arogyam sukhanam tushtiruttama ॥

Skill is superior to material things knowledge is superior to wealth.

Health is superior to profits and contentment is the best form of happiness.

आशाया ये दासास्ते दासाः सर्वलोकस्य ।
आशा येषां दासी तेषां दासायते लोकः ॥ ४९०

Ashaya ye dasaste dasah sarvalokasya  ।
Asha yesham dasi tesham dasayate lokah  ॥

People who are servants of desires are also servants of the whole world.
For those to whom desire is a servant, the whole world also is a servant.

उद्यमो मित्रवद् ग्राह्यः प्रमादं शत्रुवत् त्यजेत् ।

उद्यमेन परा सिद्दिः प्रमादेन क्षयो भवेत् ॥ ४८१

Udyamo mitravad grahyah pramadam shatruvat tyajet ।

Udyamena para siddhih pramadena kshayo bhavet ॥

Take hard work as a friend and negligence as an enemy.

Hard work leads to achievement and negligence to decline.

कर्मणामी भान्ति देवाः परत्र कर्मणैवेह प्लवते मातरिश्वा ।

अहोरात्रे विदधत् कर्मणैव अतन्द्रितो नित्यमुदेति सूर्यः ॥ ४८२

Karmanami bhanti devah paratra karmanaiveha plavate matarishva ।

Ahoratre vidadhat karmanaiva atandrito nityamudeti suryah ॥

Gods shine in the other world through work, the wind blows through work,

Causing day and night through work, the sleepless sun rises everyday.

दृढं विमृश्य कर्तॄणां सदा वदनमुज्ज्वलम् ।

निन्दापङ्कावृतं चापि कार्ये साहसकारिणम् ॥ ४८३

Drudam vimrushya kartunam sada vadanamujjvalam ।

Nindapankavrutam chapi karye sahasakarinam ॥

The faces of those who act after proper thought are always bright.

The faces of those who act without thinking will be covered with mud.

सहस्व श्रियमन्येषां यद्यपि त्वयि नास्ति सा ।

अन्यत्रापि सतीं लक्ष्मीं  कुशला भुञ्जते सदा ॥ ४८४

Sahasva shriyamanyesham yadyapi tvayi nasti sa ।

Anyatrapi satim lakshmim kushala bhunjate sada ॥

Tolerate Goddess of wealth with others even though you are bereft.

Worldly wise respect the Goddess of wealth even though she is with others.

ज्ञानामृतेन तृप्तस्य कृतकृत्यस्य योगिनः ।

न चास्ति किञ्चित्कर्तव्यमस्ति चेत् न स तत्ववित् ॥ ४८५

Jnanamrutena truptasya krutakrutyasya yoginah ।

Na chasti kinchitkartvyamasti chet na sa tatvachit ॥

For the Yogi satiated with the nectar of knowledge and who has done his duty, there is nothing needing to be done. If at all there is, he is not a fully aware person.

आदौ चित्ते ततः काये  सतां सञ्जायते जरा ।
असतां च पुनः काये  नैव चित्ते कदाचन ॥  ४७५

Adau chitte tatah kaye satam sanjayate jara ।

Asatam cha punah kaye naiva chitte kadachana ॥

In the case of virtuous people, maturity sets first in mind and ageing in the body later. Conversely, for false people the body of keeps ageing but the mind never matures.

पाटीरा तव पटीयान् कः परिपाटीमिमामुरीकर्तुम् ।

यत्पिषतामपि नॄणां पिष्टोऽपि तनोषि परिमलैः पुष्टिम् ॥ ४७६

Patira tava patiyan kah paripatimimamurikartum ।

Yatpishatamapi nrunam pishto api tanoshi parimalaih pushtim ॥

O Sandalwood! Who will have the ability to follow this path of yours, that

even when rubbed, you fill the people who rubbed you with fragrance?

यदेवोपनतं दु:खात् सुखं तद्रसवत्तरम् ।
निर्वाणाय तरुच्छाया तप्तस्य हि विशेषतः ॥ ४७७

Yadevopanatam duhkhat sukham tadrasavattaram ।
Nirvanaya taruchchaya taptasya hi visheshatah ॥

The happiness one gets after a period of grief is all the more enjoyable.

One afflicted by  intense heat better enjoys the shade of a tree.

पुराणमित्येव न साधु सर्वं न चाऽपि काव्यं नवमित्यवद्यम् ।
सन्तः परीक्ष्यान्यतरत् भजन्ते मूढः परप्रत्ययनेयबुद्धिः ॥ ४७८

Puraṇamityeva na sadhu sarvaṃ na cha api kavyaṃ navamityavadyam ।
Santah parikshyanyatarat bhajante mudhah parapratyayaneyabuddhih ॥

Writings are not considered good only because they are old. And not considered bad because they are new. Wise ones examine both and decide whether they are good or bad. Only fools will blindly be led by what others say.

आखुभ्यः किं खलैर्ज्ञातं खलेभ्यश्च किमाखुभिः ।

अन्यत्परगृहत्खातात्कर्म येषां न विद्यते ॥ ४७९

Akhubhyah kim khalairjnatam khalebhyashcha kimakhubhih ।

Anyatparagrutkhatatkarma yesham na vidyate ॥

What can rats learn from thieves or thieves from rats when

the work of both is digging into others’ houses?

श्रीर्मङ्गलात् प्रभवति प्रागल्भ्यात् संप्रवर्धते ।
दाक्ष्यात्तु कुरुते मूलं संयमात् प्रतितिष्ठति ॥ ४८०

Shrirmangalat prabhavati pragalbhyat sampravardhate ।

Dakshyatu kurute mulam samyamat pratitishtati  ॥

Prosperity happens by good deeds, increases by proficiency,
takes root by skill and gets established by discipline.

अटनेन महारण्ये सुपन्थाः जायते शनैः  ।

वेदाभ्यासात् तथा ज्ञानं तथा पर्वतलङ्घणम् ॥ ४७१

Atanena maharanye supanthah jayate shanaih ।

Vedabhyasat tatha jnanam shanaih parvatalanghanam ॥

By wandering in the forest, a path is formed gradually. A mountain is climbed

gradually, so is knowledge acquired gradually by studying Vedas.

पञ्च यत्र न विद्यन्ते न कुर्यात्तत्र संस्थितिम् ।

लोकयात्रा भयं लज्जा दाक्षिण्यं दर्मशीलता ॥ ४७२

Pancha yatra na vidyante na kuryattatra samsthitim ।

Lokayatra bhayam lajja dakshinyam dharmashilata ॥

One should not stay in a place where the following five are not found.

Subsistence, fear, modesty, politeness and righteousness.

क्षते प्रहाराः निपतन्त्यभीक्ष्णं धनक्षये वर्धति जाठराग्निः ।
आपत्सु वैराणि समुद्भवन्ति छिद्रेष्वनर्थाः बहुलीभवन्ति ॥ ४७३

Kshate praharah nipatantyabhIkshanam dhanakshaye vardhati jataragnih ।

Apatsu vairani samudbhavanti chidreShvanarthah bahulibhavanti ॥

Blows fall on a wound repeatedly.Hunger becomes acute during poverty.
Enmities grow during difficulties.Mishaps are followed by a number of disasters.

धर्मो विश्वस्य जगतः प्रतिष्ठा लोके धर्मिष्ठं प्रजा उपसर्पन्ति ।

धर्मेण पापमपनुदति धर्मे सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितं तस्माद् धर्मं परमं वदन्ति ॥ ४७४

Dharmo vishvasya jagatah pratishtha loke dharmishtham praja upasarpanti ।

Dharmena papamapanudati dharme sarvam pratishthitam tasmad dharmam paramam vadanti ॥

Dharma is the mainstay in the world, people approach those following Dharma.

With Dharma you drive away sin, everything depends on Dharma, so, Dharma is said to be supreme.

आदौ चित्ते ततः काये  सतां सञ्जायते जरा ।
असतां च पुनः काये  नैव चित्ते कदाचन ॥  ४७५

Adau chitte tatah kaye satam sanjayate jara ।

Asatam cha punah kaye naiva chitte kadachana ॥

In the case of virtuous people, maturity sets first in mind and ageing in the body later. Conversely, the body of false people keeps ageing but their mind never matures.

अननुग्रहेण न तथा व्यथयति कटुकूजितैर्यथा पिशुनः ।

रुधिराधानादधिकं दुनोति कर्णे क्वणन् मशकः ॥ ४६६

Ananugrahena na tatha vyathayati katukujitairyatha pishunah ।

Rudhiradhanadadhikam dunoti karne kvanan mashakah ॥

A backbiter does not cause as much heart by being unkind as by his harsh words. A mosquito causes more pain in the ear by its hum than by sucking blood.

दानं प्रियवाक्सहितं ज्ञानमगर्वं क्षमान्वितं शौर्यम् ।

वित्तं त्यगनियुक्तं दुर्लभमेतच्चतुष्टयं लोके ॥ ४६७

Danam priyavaksahitam jnamagarvam kshamanvitam shauryam ।

Vittam tyaganiyuktam durlabhametacchatushtayam loke ॥

A donation accompanied by sweet words, knowledge without arrogance,

Bravery with compassion, wealth spent in charity; these four are rare in this world.

तानिन्द्रियाण्यविकलानि तदेव नाम सा बुद्धिरप्रतिहता वचनं तदेव ।

अर्थोष्मणा विरहितः पुरुषः स एव त्वन्य क्ष्णेन भवतीति विचित्रमेतत् ॥ ४६८

Tanindriyanyavikalani tadeva nama sa buddhirapratihita vachanam tadeva ।

Arthoshmana virahitah purushah sa eva tvanya kshanena bhavatiti 

vichitrametat ॥

Having the same senses, same name, same intellect, same speech it is strange that a person who loses the warmth of wealth becomes instantly a different and changed man.

अप्रियस्यापि पथ्यस्य परिणामः सुखावहः ।

वक्ता श्रोता च यत्रास्ति रमन्ते तत्र संपदः ॥ ४६९

Apriyasyapi pathyasya parinamah sukhavahah ।

Vakta shrota cha yatrasti ramante tatra sampadah ॥

Even though unpleasant, wholesome things result in happiness.

Where there are speakers and listeners of such things there will be riches.

काममय एवायं पुरुष इति । स यथाकामो भवति तत्क्रतुर्भवति।
यत्क्रतुर्भवति तत्कर्म कुरुते । यत्कर्म कुरुते तदभिसंपद्यते ॥ ४७०

Kamamaya evayam purusha iti । sa yathakamo bhavati tatkraturbhavati ।

Yatkraturbhavati tatkarma kurute । yatkarma kurute tadabhismpadyate ॥

That person is full of desires. As is his desire, so is his intention.

As is his intention, so is his deed. As is his deed so is what he will reap.