एकोऽप्यमात्यो मेधावी शूरो दक्षो विचक्षणः ।

राजानं राजपुत्रं वा प्रापयेन्महतीं श्रियम् ॥ ६२१

Eko apyamatyo medhavi shuro daksho vichakshanah ।

Rajanam rajaputram va prapayenmahatim shriyam ॥

Even a single minister who is intelligent, brave, capable and

farsighted is able to lead the king and the prince to glory.

न केवलं यो महतोऽपभाषते ।

शृणोति तस्मादपि यः स पापभाक् ॥ ६२२

Na kevalam yo mahato apabhashate ।

Shrunoti tasmadapi yah sa papabhak ॥

Not only the one who speaks ill of the great

but the one who listens to it is also sinful.

अन्तःसारविहीतानामुपदेशो न जायते ।

मलयाचलसंसर्गान्न वेणुश्चन्दनायते ॥ ६२३

AntahsaravihInanamupadesho na jayate ।

malayachalasamsarganna venushchandanayate ॥

There is no use advising a person without inherent qualities. Among

the trees that grow in Malaya hills a bamboo cannot become Sandalwood.

न हि खल्वनुपायेन कश्चिदर्थोऽभिसिद्यति ।

सूत्रजालैर्यथा मत्स्यान् बध्नन्ति जलजीवनः ॥ ६२४

Na hi khalvanupayena kashchidartho abhisidyati ।

Sutrajalaryatha matsyan badhnanti jalajivanah ॥

Without the use of implements many things cannot be achieved,

A fisherman can catch fish only with a net made of threads.

संगीतमपि साहित्यं सरस्वत्याः स्तनद्वयम् ।

एकमापातमधुरमन्यदालोचनामृतम् ॥ ६२५

Sangitamapi sahityam sarasvatyah stanadvayam ।

Ekamapatamadhuramnyadalochanamrutam ॥

Music and literature are like two breasts of Saraswati, Goddess of learning. From one breast flows sweet music and from the other nectar of thoughtful ideas.