विधवा भर्तृसंयुक्ता प्रमदा कुलबालिका ।

वेश्या च रूपयुक्ताऽपि परिहार्या प्रयत्नतः ॥ ५३६

Vidhava bhartrusamyukta pramada kulabalika ।

Veshya cha rupyukta api pariharya prayatnatah ॥

One should make an effort to avoid a widow, a woman in her

husband’s company, a girl of noble birth and a prostitute however beautiful.

क्षमा शस्त्रं करे यस्य दुर्जन: किं करिष्यति ।
अतॄणे पतितो वन्हि: स्वयमेवोपशाम्यति ॥ ५३७

Kshama shastram kare yasya durjanah kim karishyati ।

Atrune patito vanhi svayamevopashamyati ॥

To one who has the knowledge of compassion, what can an evil man do?

Fire falling on a place where there is no grass will extinguish itself.

न वाच्यः परिवादोऽयं न श्रोतव्यः कथञ्चन ।

कर्णावपि पिधातव्यौ प्रस्थेयं चान्यतो भवेत् ॥ ५३८

Na vachyah parivado ayam na shrotavyah kathanchana ।

Karnavapi pidhatavyau prastheyam chanyato bhavet ॥

Insulting words about others should not be spoken, or even heard.

Better to close one’s ears or leave the place.

पिबन्ति नद्यः स्वयमेव नाम्भः खादन्ति न स्वादु फलानि वृक्षाः ।

पयोधराः सस्यमदन्ति नैव परोपकाराय सतां विभूतयः ॥ ५३९

Pibanti nadyah svayameva nambhah khadanti na svadu phalani vrukshah ।

Payodharah sasyamadanti naiva paropakaraya satam vibhutayah ॥

Rivers do not drink their own water, trees do not eat their own fruits, clouds

do not eat the crops, the nature of noble ones is to do good to others.

युक्ताहारविहारस्य  युक्त चेष्टस्य कर्मसु ।

युक्त स्वप्नवबोधस्य  योगो भवति दुःखहा ॥ ५४०

Yuktaharaviharasya yukta cheshtasya karmasu ।

Yukta svapnavabodhasya yogo bhavati dukhaha ॥

One who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation

and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing yoga.