अनाभ्यासे  विषं विद्या अजिर्णे  भोजनं विषम् ।

विषं सभा दरिद्रस्य वृद्धस्य तरुणी विषम् ॥ 776

 

Anabhyase visham vidya ajirne bhojanam visham ।

Visham sabha daridrasya vruddhasya taruni visham ॥

 

For one who does not study education is poison, for one with indigestion food is poison, for a poor person a gathering is poison and for an old man a young lady is poison.

 

अदाता पुरुषस्त्यागी धनं संत्यज्य गच्छति ।

दातारं कृपणं मन्ये मृतोSप्यर्थं न मुञ्चति ॥ 777

  

Adata purushastyagi dhanaṃ samtyajya gacchati ।
Dataraṃ krupanam manye mruto apyarthaṃ na munchati ॥  

 

One who is not charitable is a man of renunciation leaving behind wealth when he dies I consider one who does charity as a miser as he takes with him the merits of his charity

 

सर्वे यत्र विनेतारः सर्वे पंडितमानिनः ।

सर्वे महत्त्वमिच्छन्ति राष्ट्रं तदवसीदति ॥ 778

 

Sarve yatra vinetarah sarve panditamaninah ।

Sarve mhatvamichchanti rashtram nadavasidati ॥

 

Where everyone is a leader, everyone considers himself a pandit and everyone desires importance, that nation is doomed to destruction.

 

नह्यतः परमपरं कष्टतरं किञ्चिदपि पीडाकारणम् ।

यद् गुणेषु वर्तमानो दोषेषु सम्भाव्यते ॥ 779

 

Nahyatah paramaparam kashtataram kinchidapi pidakaranam ।

Yad guneshu vartamano dosheshu sambhavyate ॥

 

There is no other cause of pain more distressing than when the person

practicing good qualities is accused of following evil ways.

 

अतिथिश्चापवादी च द्वावेतौ मम बान्धवौ ।

अपवादी हरेत् पापम् अतिथि: स्वर्गसंक्रम: ॥ 780

 

Atithishchapavadi ca dvavetau mama bandhavau ।
apavadi haret papam atithi: svargasamkrama: ॥

  

The guest and the faultfinder are my best friends. The faultfinder prevents committing offences, the guest is the bridge to heaven.