विमृश्यकारिता नाम कार्यशोभाविधायिनी ।

अविमृस्यक्रिया नूनं कार्यमालिन्यकारणम् ॥ 936

 

Vimrushyakarita nama karyashobhavidhayate ।

Avimrushyakriya nunam karyamalinyakaranam ॥

 

Well thought out action brings glory to the work.

Ill thought out action spoils the work.

 

अपि निर्मुक्तभोगेन स्वान्त:स्थविषयेक्षया ।

असद्भावाय जायेत जिह्मगेन सहासिका ॥ 937

 

Api nirmuktabhogena svantahsthavishayekshaya ।
Asadbhavaya jayeta jihmagena sahasika ॥

A person who gives up enjoyment but has a craving in his heart should be considered to have evil disposition like a serpent which has cast off its skin but has poison in its fangs.

 

न धर्मशस्त्रं पठतीति कारणं न चापि वेदाध्ययने दुरात्मनः ।

स्वभाव एवत्र तथातिरिच्यते यथा प्रकृत्या मधुरं गवां पयः ॥ 938

 

Na dharmashastram patthatiti karanam na chapi vedadhyayane duratmanah ।

Svabhava evatra tathatirichyate yatha prakrutya madhuram gavam payah ॥

 

Not by reading dharmasastras nor by studying vedas does a wicked man

become what he is. It is only by nature like the natural sweetness of cow’s milk.

 

तदेयास्य परं मित्रं यत्र संक्रामति द्वयम् ।

दृष्टे सुखं च दुःखं च प्रतिच्छायेव दर्पणे ॥ 939

 

Tadeyasya param mitram yatra sankramati dvayam ।

Drushte sukham cha dukham praticchayeva darpane ॥

 

He is the real friend in whom both your happiness and

misery are seen as if reflected in a mirror.

 

अहो बत महत्कष्टं विपरीतमिदं जगत्।
येनापत्रपते साधुरसाधुस्तेन तुष्यति ॥ 940

Aho bata mahatkashtam vipareetamidam jagat ।

Yenapatrapate sadhurasadhustena tushyati ॥

 

Alas, it is indeed a contrary world. The deed which a virtuous person

Is  ashamed to do is performed happily by a wicked person.