निःसारस्य पदार्थस्य प्रायेणाडम्बरो महान् ।

न सुवर्णे ध्वनिस्तादृग् यादृक्कांस्ये प्रजायते ॥ 1166

 

Nissarasya padarthasya prayenadambaro mahan l

Na suvarne dhvanistadrung yadrukkansye prajayate ll

 

Uninteresting material is probably made showier.

Gold does not produce as much sound as brass does.

 

तेजस्विनि क्षमोपेते नातिकार्कष्यमाचरेत् ।

अतिनिर्मथनाद्वह्निश्चन्दनादपि जायते ॥ 1167

 

Tejasvini kshamapete natikarkashyamacharet l

Atinirmathanadvahnishchandanadapi jayate ll

 

Do not be harsh by trying to be a person who is brilliant and

compassionate. By harsh striking, even sandalwood emits fire

 

नाऽपृष्टः कस्यचिद् ब्रूयान्न चान्यायेन पृच्छतः ।

जानन्नपि हि मेधावी जडवल्लोक आचारेत् ॥ 1168

Na aprushtah kasyachid bruyanna chanyayena pruchchatah l

Janannapi hi medhavi jadavalloka acharet ll

 

Do not advise when not asked. Also, when asked with wrong intentions.

Wisemen feign ignorance in such situations even when they know the answers.

 

भङक्तुं शक्तो यादृग्भवति मृदुस्स्यान्न तादृशस्तीक्ष्णः ।

अति मृदु जलमपि निपतद्भिनत्ति शैलं क्षुरं न यत्नेन ॥ 1169

 

Bhanktum shakto yadrugbhavati mrudyssyanna tadrushastikshnah l

Ati mrudu jalamapi nipatadbhinatti shailam kshuram na yatnena ll

 

Many a time, it is the soft but not the harsh one that can eat away.

Falling soft water can cut through the mountain but not the hard sword.

 

 

संरोहति अग्निना दग्धं वनं परशुना हतं ।
वाचा दुरुक्तं बीभत्सं न संरोहति वाक् क्षतम् ॥ 1170

 

Samrohati agnina dagdham vanam parashuna hatam l

Vacha duruktam bibhatsam na samrohati vak kshatam ll

.
A forest burnt down by fire or cut down by axes will eventually grow back.

But wounds caused by harsh, inappropriate words will never heal.