खलानां कण्टकानां च द्विविधैव प्रतिक्रिया ।

उपानन्मुखभङ्गो वा दूरतो वा विवर्जनम् ॥ ५१६

Khalanam kantakanam cha dvividhaiva pratikriya ।

Upananmukhabhango va durato va vivarjanam ॥

There are only two ways to react to wicked people and thorns.

Slap their faces with shoes or keep a safe distance.

श्रेयश्च प्रेयश्च मनुष्यमेतः तौ सम्परीत्य विविनक्ति धीरः ।
श्रेयो हि धीरोऽभि प्रेयसो वृणीते प्रेयो मन्दो योगक्षेमाद्वृणीते ॥ ५१७

Shreyashcha preyashcha manushyametah tau samparitya vivinakti dhirah ।

Shreyo hi dhiro abhi preyaso vrunite preyo mando yogakshemadvrunite ॥

  

When the good and the pleasant approach men, the wise man examines both andp refers the good over the pleasant, but the foolish man chooses the pleasant through love of bodily pleasure.

शतमप्यपराधानां सुकृतेनैकेन नाशयत्यार्यः ।

नाशयति सुकृतशतमपि नीचस्त्वेकापराधेन ॥ ५१८

Shatamapyaparadhanam sukrutenaikena nashayatyaryah ।

Nashayati sukrutashatamapi nichastvekaparadhena ॥

A good man erases a hundred bad deeds with just a single good deed.

A wicked fellow erases a hundred good deeds with a single bad deed.

कस्यैकान्तं सुखम् उपनतं दु:खम् एकान्ततो वा ।
नीचैर् गच्छति उपरि च दशा चक्रनेमिक्रमेण ॥ ५१९

Kasyaikantam sukham upanatam dukham ekantato va ।

Nichair gachchati upari cha dasha chakranemikramena ॥

Who has only experienced unending happiness or unending sorrow? Experiences are similar to a point on the moving wheel which goes up and down regularly.

नास्तिकानां च सर्पाणां विषस्य च गुणस्त्वयम् ।

मोहयन्ति परं यच्च दोषे यस्य नैव परस्य तु ॥ ५२०

Nastikanam cha sarpanam vishasya cha gunastvayam ।

Mohayanti param yaccha doshe yasya naiva parasya tu ॥

The poison of Atheists and snakes bear similar qualities.

They confuse a person even when he has no faults of his own.