यौवनं धन संपत्तिः प्रभुत्वमविवेकता ।

एकैकमप्यनर्थाय किमु यत्र चतुष्ठयम् ॥ ६११

Yauvanam dhana sampattih prabhutvamavivekata ।

Ekaikamapyanarthaya kimu yatra chatushtayam ॥

Any one of youth, wealth, power and indiscretion can singly cause disaster.

What will happen if all the four traits are there in a person?

त्यक्तव्यो ममकारस्त्यक्तुं यदि शक्यते नासौ ।

कर्तव्यो ममकारः किन्तु स सर्वत्र कर्तव्यः ॥ ६१२

Tyaktavyo mamakarastyaktum yadi shakyate nasau ।

Kartavyo mamakarah kintu sa sarvatra kartavyah ॥

Give up the thought that ‘This thing is mine’. If not possible,

Think that what is yours also belongs to everyone.

किं तया क्रियते धेन्वा या न सूते न दुग्धदा ।

कोऽर्थः पुत्रेण जातेन यो न विद्वान्न भक्तिमान् ॥ ६१३

Kim taya kriyate dhenva ya na sute na dhugdhada ।

Ko arthah putrena jatena yo na vidvanna bhaktiman ॥

What can you do with a cow which neither gives a calf nor milk?

What use is the birth of a son who is neither learned nor respectful?

प्रियमेवाभिधातव्यं नित्यं सत्सु द्विषत्सु वा ।

शिखीव केकां मधुरां वाचं ब्रूते जनप्रियः ॥ ६१४

Priyamevabhidhatavyam nityam satsu dvishatsu va ।

Shikhiva kekam madhuram vacham brute janapriyah ॥

One should always speak in sweet words whether with good people or enemies. A popular man speaks with sweet words like the sound of a peacock.

अनागतविधाता च प्रत्युत्पन्नमतिश्च यः ।

द्वामेव सुखमेधेते दीर्घसूत्री विनश्यति  ॥ ६१५

Anagatavidhata cha pratyutpannamatishcha yah ।

Dvameva sukhamedhate dirghasutri vinashyati ॥

A person with foresightedness and ready wit can manage the unforeseen

and be comfortable  while the procrastinator is faced with failure.