प्रतिवादिनी च भार्य परसेवा परगृहे सदा भुक्तिः ।

क्षिप्रं जरयति पुरुषं नीचैर्वासः प्रवासश्च ॥ 791

 

Prativadini cha bharya paraseva paragruhe sada bhuktih ।

Kshipram jarayati purusham nichairvasah pravasashcha ॥

 

A wife who contradicts, serving under others, always eating in others’ houses,

keeping company with the lowly and going abroad hasten old age in men.

 

श्रद्दधान: शुभां विद्यामाददीतावरादपि |

अमित्रादपि सद्वृत्तं बालादपि सुभाषितम् || 792

 

Shraddhadhanah shubhaam vidyamadaditavaradapi ।

Amitradapi sadvruttam baladapi subhaashitam ॥

 

A keen person should acquire good things even from a lowly person. One should absorb virtues even from an enemy. One should value the good word even if it is from a child.

 

विद्याविनीतो राजा हि प्रजानां विनये रतः।

अनन्यां पृथिवीं भुङ्क्ते सर्वभूतहिते रतः॥ 793

 

Vidyavinito raja hi prajanam vinaye ratah ।

Ananyam pruthivim bhunkte sarvabhutahite ratah ॥

 

 

Only a king who has acquired humility through learning can instill discipline in the people. Engaged in everyone’s welfare, without any enemy, he enjoys the earth.

 

नास्तीदृशं संवननं त्रिषु लोकेषु किञ्चन ।

यथा मैत्री च लोकेषु दानं च मधुरा च वाक् ॥ 794

 

Nastidrusham samvananam trishu lokeshu kinchana ।

Yatha maitri cha lokeshu danam cha madhura vak ॥

 

There is no such means for winning over people in the

three worlds as friendship, worldly gifts and sweet talk.

 

यथा काष्टं च काष्टं  च समेयेतां महोदधौ ।

समेत्य च व्यपेयातां तद्वत् भूतसमागमः ॥ 795

 

Yatha kashtam cha kashtam cha sameyatam mahodadhau ।

Sametya cha vyapeyatam tadvat bhutasamagamah ॥

 

Similar to the way two pieces of wood come together and

immediately separate in the sea is the nature of humankind