कष्टेन हि गुणग्रामं प्रगुणीकुरुते मुनिः ।

ममता राक्षसी सर्वं भक्षयत्येकहेलया ॥ ६२६

Kashtena hi gunagramam pragunikurute munih ।

Mamata rakshasa sarvam bhakshayatyekahelaya ॥

A sage cultivates qualities with great effort. The demoness

of attachment swallows everything in one stroke.

अधिष्ठानं समिच्छन्ति ह्यचलं निर्बले सति ।

संसारे सर्वभूतानां तृणबिन्दुवदस्थिरे ॥ ६२७

Adhishthanam samichchanti hyachalam nirbale sati ।

Samsare sarvabhutanam trunabinduvadasthire ॥

Weak and powerless persons desire a constant and happy life.

In this world life for all beings is like a drop of water on a blade of grass.

अतो हास्यतरं लोके किञ्चिदन्यन्न विद्यते ।

यत्र दुर्जनमित्याह दुर्जनः सज्जनं स्वयम् ॥ ६२८

Ato hasyataram loke kinchidanyanna vidyate |

Yatra durjanamityaha durjnah sajjanam svayam ||

What could be more ridiculous in this world than where some do not regard others. Where wicked ones consider others wicked and themselves as good persons.

कुसुमस्तबकस्येव द्वयी वृत्तिर्मनस्विनः ।

मूर्ध्नि वा सर्वलोकस्य शीर्यते वन एव वा ॥ ६२९

Kusumastabakasyeva dvayI vruttirmanasvinah ।

Murdhni va sarvalokasya shiryate vana eva va ॥

Like a bunch of flowers, high minded persons have two options.

Adorn someone’s hair or wither away in the forest.

त्यजन्ति मित्राणि धनैर्विहीनं दाराश्च पुत्राश्च सुहृज्जनाश्च ।

तं अर्थवन्तं पुनराश्रयन्ति अर्थो हि लोके पुरुषस्य बन्धुः ॥ ६३० ॥

Tyajanti mitrani dhanairvihinam darashcha putrashcha suhrujjanashcha ।

Tam arthavantam punarashrayanti artho hi loke purushasya bandhuh ॥

Friends desert ones without money as also wives, sons and affectionate ones. They all return once wealth returns, only wealth is a man’s relative in this world.