आकीर्णः शोभते राजा न विविक्तः कदाचन ।

ये तं विविक्तमिच्छन्ति ते तस्य रिपवः स्मृताः ॥ १47१

 

Akirnah shobhate raja na viviktah kadachana ।
Ye tam viviktamicchanti te tasya ripavah smrutah ॥

Kings shine as social beings, not as solitary persons.

Those who wish them loneliness are their adversaries.

 

बहुभिर्बत किं जातैः पुत्रैर्धर्मार्थवर्जितैः ।

वरमेकः पथि तरुर्यत्र विश्रमते जनः ॥ १47२

 

Bahubhirbata kim jathaih puthrairdharmarthavarjithaih ।

Varamekah pathi taruryatra vishramathe janah ॥

 

What is the use of having sons who are neither righteous nor prosperous?

It is better to grow a tree by the roadside where people can come and rest.

 

अवृत्तिव्याधिशोकार्तान् अनुवर्तेत शक्तित: ।

आत्मवत्सततं पश्येदपि कीटपिपीलका: ॥ १47३

 

Avruttivyadhishokartan anuvarteta shaktita: ।
Atmavatsatatam pashyedapi kitapipilaka: ॥

One should help those who are sick, sad and without means of livelihood.

One should also look at with love, as one’s own self, even worms and ants.

 

खादन्न गच्छेदध्वानं न च हास्येन भाषणम् ।

शोकं न कुर्यान्नष्टस्य स्वकृतेरपि जल्पनम् ॥ १474

 

Khadanna gachchedadhvanam na cha hasyena bhashanam ।

Shokam na kuryannashtasya svakruterapi jalpanam ॥

 

Do not eat when you are walking, do not laugh when others are speaking,

Do not cry over what is lost and do not brag about your own doings.

 

जन्मनि क्लेशबहुले किं नु दुःखम् अतः परम् ।
इच्छा सम्पद्यतो नास्ति यच्चेच्छा न निवर्तते ॥ १475

Janmani kleshabahule kim nu dukham atah param ।
Ichcha sampadyato nasti yachcheccha na nivartate ॥

In a life all the time filled with troubles, what pain is greater than when

desired wealth is not obtained but still desire never goes away.