नह्यतो धर्मचरणं किञ्चिदस्ति महत्तरम् ।

यथा पितरि शुश्रूषा तस्य वा वचनक्रिया ॥ ५७६

Nahyato dharmacharanam kinchidasti mahattaram ।

Yatha pitari shushrusha tasya va vachanakriya ॥

There is no greater act of virtue than taking care of

one’s father and carrying out his instructions.

पापस्य हि फलं दुःखं तद् भोक्तव्यमिहात्मना ।

तस्मादात्मावघार्थं मूढः पापं करिष्यति ॥ ५७७

Papasya hi phalam dukham tad bhoktvyamihatmana ।

Tasmadatmavaghartham muddhah papam karishyati ॥

The result of sin is sorrow which one’s soul has to suffer.

A fool would commit a sin to put his own self in danger.

द्रव्यज्वरातुराणां तु शान्तये नौषधादयपि ।

नहि वृष्टिशतेनापि पाषाणादङ्कुरोदयः ॥ ५७८

Dravyajvaraturanam tu shantaye naushadhadayapi ।

Nahi vrushtishatenapi pashanadankurodayah ॥

Those with fever of acquiring more and more wealth cannot be cured with medicines. Even with hundred rains a seed cannot sprout over stones.

प्रथमे नार्जिता विद्या द्वितीये नार्जितं धनम् ।

तृतीये नार्जितं पुण्यं चतुर्थे किं करिष्यसि ॥ ५७९

Prathame narjita vidya dvitiye narjita dhanam ।

Trutiye narjitam punyam chaturte kim karishyasi ॥

When in the first part of life you did not acquire education, in the second, money, in the third, merit(punyam), what can you acquire in the fourth?

यस्य नास्ति स्वयं प्रज्ञा शास्त्रं तस्य करोति किम् ।

लोचनाभ्यां विहीनश्च दर्पणः किं करिश्यति ॥ ५८०

Yasya nasti svayam prajna shastram tasya karoti kim ।

Lochanabhyam vihinasya darpanah kim karishyati ॥

For a person without awareness what can scriptures teach?

For a person without eyesight what use is a mirror?