दधि मधुरं मधु मधुरं द्राक्षा मधुरा सुधापि मधुरैव ।

तस्य तदेव हि मधुरं यस्य मनो यत्र संलग्नम् ॥ ७११

 

Dadhi madhuram madhu madhuram draksha madhura sudhapi madhuraiva ।

Tasya tadeva hi madhuram yasya mano yatra samlagnam ॥

 

Curds are sweet, honey is sweet, grapes are sweet, nectar is also sweet.

For anyone, sweet is that to which one’s mind is attached.

 

न गण्स्याग्रतो गच्छेत्सिद्धे कार्ये समं फलम् ।

यदि कार्यविपत्तिः स्यात् मुखरस्तत्र हन्यते ॥ ७१२

 

Na ganasyagrato gachchetsiddhe karye samam phalam ।

Yadi karyavipattih syat mukharastatra hanyate ॥

 

Do not go to the front in a protesting crowd. If successful

all get credit. If the protest fails, the man in front gets killed.

 

गृहासक्तस्य नो विद्या नो दया मांसभोजिनः ।

द्रव्यलुब्धस्य नो सत्यं स्त्रैणस्य न पवित्रता ॥ ७१३

 

Gruhasaktasya no vidya no daya mamsabhojinah ।

Dravyalubdhasya no satyam strainasya na pavitrata ॥

 

One who is fond of house and family will not be learned, meat eaters show no compassion. One fond of money will not speak the truth, one who is after women is not pure.

 

पतितोपि कराघातैरुत्पतत्येव कन्दुकः ।

प्रायेण साधुवृत्तानामस्थायिन्यो विपत्तयः ॥ ७१४

 

Patitopi karaghatairutpatatyeva kandukah ।

Prayena sadhuvruttanamasthayinyo vipattayah ॥

 

A ball thrown down by a hand will bounce back up.

Misfortunes of good people are generally only temporary.

आढ्यो वाऽपि दरिद्रो वा दुःखितः सुखितोऽपि वा ।

निर्दोषश्च सदोषश्च वयस्यः परमा गतिः ॥ ७१५

Addhyo va api daridro va dukhitah sukhito api va ।

Nirdoshashcha sadoshashcha vayasyah parama gatih ॥

 

Rich or poor, unhappy or happy, bad or good,

a real friend is the ultimate refuge.