दुष्टा भार्या शटं मित्रं भृत्यश्चोत्तरदायकः ।

ससर्पे च गृहे वासो मृत्युरेव न संशयः ॥ 836

 

Dushta bharya shatam mitram bhrutyashchottaradayakah l

Sasarpe cha gruhe vaso mrutyureva na samshayah ll

 

A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living

In a house with a snake in it are nothing but death.

 

ज्योतिषं व्यवहारं च प्रायश्चित्तं चिकित्सितं ।
अजानन् यो नरो ब्रूयात् साहसं किमतः परम् ॥ 837

 

Jyotisham vyavaharam cha prayashchchittam chikitsitam l

Ajanan yo naro bruyaat sahasam kimatah param ll

    

There is no felony greater than pretending to know astrology, be a judge, suggesting ways of redemption and practicing medicine without having enough knowledge.

 

गुणानामन्तरं प्रायस्तज्ञो वेत्ति न चापरः ।
मालतीमल्लिकामोदं घ्राणं वेत्ति न लोचनम् ॥ 838

 

Gunanamantaram prayastajno vetti na chaparah l

Malatimallikamodam ghranam vetti na lochanam ll

 

Only a wise man can appreciate good qualities, not every one.

Only the nose knows the difference between jasmine and imitations, not the eyes.

श्रियः प्रदुग्धे विपदो रुणद्धि यशांसि सूते मलिनं प्रमार्ष्टि ।

संस्कारशौचेन परं पुनीते शुद्धा हि विद्या किल कामधेनुः ॥ 839

 

Shriyah pradugdhe vipado runaddhi yashamsi sute malinam pramarshti |

Samskarashauchena param punite shuddha hi vidya kila kamadhenuh ||

 

Makes the milk of riches flow, saves one from disaster, washes away dirt,

purifies all with tradition & cleanliness, education is like the wish-granting

 Kamdhenu.

 

अर्थेन भेषजं लभ्यमारोग्यं न कदाचन ।
अर्थेन ग्रन्थसंभारः ज्ञानं लभ्यं प्रयत्नतः ॥ 840

Arthena bheshajam labhyamarogyam na kadachana l
Arthena granthasambharah jnanam labhyam prayatnatah ll

Money can buy medicines but not health. Money can buy a stack of

books but not knowledge which one can get only through efforts.