विशमो हि यथा नक्रः सलिलान्निर्गतोऽवशः ।

वनाद्विनिर्गतः शूरः सिंहोऽपि स्याच्छृगालवत् ॥ 1006

 

Vishamo hi yatha nakrah salilannirgato avashah ।

Vanadvinirgatah shurah simho api syachchrugalavat ॥

 

Like a dangerous crocodile which becomes helpless out of water,

a lion will be like a jackal when out of the forest.

 

विप्रयोर्विप्रवह्न्योश्च दम्पत्योः स्वामिभृत्ययोः ।

अन्तरेण न गन्तव्यं हलस्य वृषभस्य च ॥ 1007  

 

Vipravorvipravahnyoshcha dampatyoh svamibhrutyayoh ।

Anatarena na gantavyam halasya vrushabhasya cha ॥

 

Never go between two scholars and the sacred fire, husband

and wife, master and servant, a plough and the bull.

 

न तथेच्छन्ति कल्याणान् परेषां वेदितुं गुणान् ।

यथैषां ज्ञातुमिच्छन्ति नैर्गुण्यं पापचेतसः ॥ 1008

 

Na tayechchanti kalyanan paresham veditum gunan ।

Yathaisham jnatumichchanti nairgunyam papachetasa ॥

 

Evil minded persons do not wish to know about others’ good

qualities as much as they wish to know about their evil qualities.

अहो गुणानां प्राप्यर्थं यतन्ते बहुदा नराः ।

मुक्ता यदर्थं भग्नास्तायाः इतरेषां च का कथा ॥ 1009 

 

Aho gunanam prapyartham yatante bahuda narah ।

Mukta yadartham bhgnastayah itaresham cha ka katha ॥

 

People strive very hard to achieve good qualities. Even pearls

are found after breaking open shells, let alone other beads.

 

पितृभिस्ताडितः पुत्रः शिष्यस्तु गुरुशिक्षितः ।

घनाहतं सुवर्णञ्च प्राप्यते जनमण्डनम् ॥ 1010

 

Pitrubhistaditah putrah shishyastu gurushikshitah ।

Ghanahatam suvarnancha prapyate janamandanam ॥

 

A son disciplined by his parents, students trained by a teacher,

Well beaten gold will all gain praise of people.