दृष्टिपूतं न्यसेत्पादम् वस्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत्‌ ।

शास्त्रपूतं वदेद्वाक्यम् मनः पूतं समाचरेत्‌ ॥ 1141

 

Drushtiputam nyasetpadam vastraputam jalam pibet ।

Shastraputam vadedvakyam manah putam samacharet ॥

 

Step forward after carefully watching. Drink water after filtering through a cloth.
Speak those words that agree with scriptures. Act only after careful deliberation.

 

अदृष्टपूर्वा बहवः सहायाः सर्वे पदस्थस्य भवन्ति वश्याः ।
अर्थाद्विहीनस्य पदच्युतस्य भवन्ति काले स्वजनोऽपि शत्रुः ॥ 1142

Adrushtapurva bahavah sahayah sarve padasthasya bhavanti vashyah ।
Arthadvihinasya padachyutasya bhavanti kale svajano api shatruh ॥

When a man is powerful and prosperous, friends gather around him.

If he is poor and out of work even his own people turn foes in time of need.

 

अपि सम्पूर्णतायुक्तैः कर्तव्याः सुहृदो बुधैः।
नदीशः परिपूर्णोऽपि चन्द्रोदयमपेक्षते॥ 1143

Api sampornatayuktaih kartavyah suhrudo budhaih ।
Nadīshah paripurno api chandrodayamapekshate ॥

 

Wise men should get friends, even if they live in abundance.
Ocean, the lord of rivers, although full, waits for the rise of the moon.

 

उपकारिषु यः साधुः साधुत्वे तस्य को गुणः ।
अपकारिषु यः साधुः स साधुः सद्भिरुच्यते ॥ 1144

 

Upakarishu yah sadhuh sadhutve tasya ko gunah ।
Apakarishu yah sadhuh sa sadhuh sadbhiruchyate ॥

One who is good, when being helped, what is great about his goodness?
When being wronged, one who remains helpful, is said to be good by the learned.

 

 

येषां न विद्या न तपो न दानं ज्ञानं न शीलं न गुणो न धर्मः ।

ते मृत्युलोके भुवि भारभूता मनुष्यरूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति ॥ 1145

 

Yesham na vidya na tapo na danam jnanam na shilam na guno na dharmah ।

Te mrutyuloke bhuvibharabhuta manushyarupena mrugashcharanti ॥

 

Those who have no learning, no penance, no sense of charity, no goodness, no values and no ethics, they become a burden on the land of the dead and are animals living in human form.