द्वावम्भसि निष्टेव्यौ गले बद्ध्‌वा दृढां शिलाम् ।

धनवन्तम् अदातारम् दरिद्रं चातपस्विनम् ॥ 1146

 

Dvavambhasi nishtevyau gale baddhva druddham śilam ।

Dhanavantam adataram daridram chatapasvinam ॥

 

Two kinds of people should be drowned in water, bound by a heavy stone to the neck.One who is rich but does not give charity and one who is poor and does not work hard.

 

गिरौ कलापि गगने पयोधौ लक्ष्यान्तरेऽर्कश्च जलेषु पद्मम्‌ ।
इन्दुर्द्विलक्षे कुमुदस्य बन्धुर्यो यस्य हृद्यो न हि तस्य दूरः ॥ 1147

Girau kalapi gagane payodhau lakshyantare arkashcha jaleṣu padmam ।
indurdvilakshe kumudasya bandhuryo yasya hrudyo na hi tasya durah ॥

The peacock is in the hills and the clouds in the sky, the sun is thousands of yojanas away and the lotus is in the water, the moon is two hundred thousand yojanas away from its friend, the lily, what is dear to one’s heart is not far away.

 

सम्प्राप्तो योऽतिथिः सायं सूर्योढे गृहमेधिनाम् ।
पूजया तस्य देवत्वं प्रयान्ति गृहमेधिनः ॥ 1148

Samprapto yo atithih sayam suryoddhe gruhamedhinam ।
Pujaya tasya devatvam prayanti gruhamedhinah ॥

On receiving a guest during the evening, at the time of sunset,

the householder by worshipping such a guest attains godly status.

 

नारिकेलसमाकारा दृश्यन्ते हि सुहृज्जनाः ।
अन्ये बदरिकाकारा बहिरेव मनोहराः ॥ 1149

 

Narikelasamakara drushyate hi suhrujjanah ।

Anye badarikakara bahireva manoharah ॥

Good-hearted people seem to be like coconuts hard on the outside soft within.

Others are like jujube fruits which are attractive only on the outside.

 

आतुरे व्यसने प्राप्ते दुर्भिक्षे शत्रुसङ्कटे ।
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च यस्तिष्ठति स बान्धवः ॥ 1150 

 

Ature vyasane prapte durbhikshe shatrusankate ।

Rajadvare smashane cha yastishtati sa bandhavah ॥

 

When suffering from disease, addiction, when in times of famine, botheration of an enemy, at the doorstep of the king or in a graveyard whoever stands by you is a true kinsman.