अहान्यस्तमयान्तानि उदयान्ता च शर्वरी ।

सुखस्यान्तः सदा दुःखं दुःखस्यान्तः सदा सुखम् ॥ १२36

 

Ahanyastamayantani udayanta ca sharvari l
Sukhasyantah sada dukham dukhasyantah sada sukham ll

Days end with the Sun’s setting and nights with the Sun’s rising. The end of

pleasure is always sorrow and the end of sorrow is always pleasure.

 

नहि तद्विद्यते किञ्चिद्यदर्थेन न सिध्यति।
यत्नेन मतिमांस्तस्मादर्थमेकं प्रसाधयेत् ॥ १२37

Nahi tadvidyate kiṃchidyadarthena na siddhyati l
Yatnena matimamstasmadarthamekaṃ prasadhayet ll

 

There is nothing that is not possible to attain through wealth.

An intelligent man therefore should strive to earn wealth.

 

स बन्धुर् यो विपन्नानाम् आपद्-उद्धरण-क्षमः ।
न तु भीत-परित्राण-वस्तूपालम्भ-पण्डितः ॥ १२38

 

Sa bandhur yo vipannanam apaduddharanakshamah l
Na tu bhita paritrana vastūpalambha panditah ll

 

He is a friend of the afflicted who protects them from calamities and not one,

who is an expert in condemning a thing badly done or omitted to be done.

 

विवेकः सह संपत्या विनयो विध्या सह ।

प्रभुत्वम् प्रक्षयोभेदम् चिन्हमेतन्महात्मनाम् ॥ १२39

 

Vivekah saha sampatya vinayo vidhyA saha l

Prabhutvam prakshayobhedam chinhametanmahatmanam ll

 

Great people may be recognized from these signs: discretion along

with wealth, humility with scholarship and power without discrimination.

 

न स्वल्पस्य कृते भूरि नाशयेन्मतिमान्नरः ।
एतदेवात्र पाण्डित्यं यत्स्वल्पाद्भूरि रक्षणम् ॥ १२4०

 

Na svalpasya krute bhuri nashayenmatimannarah l
Etadevatra pandityam yatsvalpadbhūri rakshanam ll

 

An intelligent man does not destroy much for the sake of less.

If one can lose only a little and save much, it is the sign of intelligence.