विषस्य विषयाणां हि दृश्यते महदन्तरम् ।

उपभुक्तं विषं हन्ति विषयाः स्मरणादपि ॥ १49१

Vishasya vishayaanam hi drushyate mahadantaram l

upbhuktam visham hanti vishayah smaranadapi ll

There is a big difference between visha (poison) and vishaya (object of one’s desire). The      first kills on consumption, but the latter consumes one even when one dwells on it.

 

असंवृताकारतया भिन्नमन्त्रस्य भूपते: ।

सकृच्छिद्रघटस्येव न तिष्ठत्युदयोदकम् ॥ १49२

 

Asamvrutākarataya bhinnamantrasya bhupateh l
Sakruchchidraghatasyeva na tishtatyudayodakam ll

By not keeping a careful guard over his facial expressions, the state secrets of a king get divulged and hence just as a pot with a single hole holds no water, he cannot hope for any prosperous reign.

उद्योगिनः करालम्बं करोति कमलालया ।
अनुद्योगिकरालम्बं करोति कमलाग्रजा ॥ १49३

Udyoginah karalambam karoti kamalalaya l
Anudyogikaralambaṃ karoti kamalagraja ll

 

Goddess of wealth Lakshmi gives a supporting hand to industrious persons.

Lazy persons get the support of Lakshmi’s lazy elder sister.

 

असुखैश्च विनालापो गुह्यस्य कथनं तथा ।

विपद्विमोक्षणं चैव मित्रतायाः फलत्रयम् ॥ १494

 

Asukhaishca vinalapo guhyasya kathanam tatha l
vipadvimokshanam chaiva mitratayah phalatrayam ll

Chats without any kind of unpleasantness communication of one’s secrets

and help to escape if one falls into danger are three good results of friendship.

 

छिद्रं मर्म च वीर्यं च सर्वं वेत्ति निजो रिपुः ।
दहत्यन्तर्गतश्चैव शुष्कं वृक्षम् इवानलः ॥ १495

 

Chidram marma cha viryam cha sarvam vetti nijo ripuh l
Dahatyantargatashchaiva shushkam vruksham ivanalah ll

 

An enemy from one’s own tribe knows every defect, weakness, bravery

and being inside he consumes one like fire burns a dry tree. 

 

गाढं गुणवती विद्या न मुदे विनयं विना ।

मूर्खतापि मुदे भुयान्महत्सु विनयान्विता ॥ १496

Gaddham gunavati vidya na mude vinayam vina l

Murkhatapi mude bhuyanmahatsu vinayavantita ll

 

Even deep learning will give no pleasure if not accompanied by courteousness.

Great people who are courteous are happy even if not fully learned.

 

आदौ तन्व्यो बृहन्मध्या विस्तारिण्यः पदे पदे ।

यायिन्यो न निवर्तन्ते सतां मैत्र्यः सरित्समाः ॥ १497

Adau tanvyo bruhanmadhya vistarinyaḥ pade pade ।
Yayinyo na nivartante satam maitryah saritsamah ॥

 

The friendship of the pious is like a river, shallow in the beginning, deep in the middle, widening at each step and ever flowing and never ceasing.

म्रियामाणं मृतं बन्धुं शोचन्ते परिदेविनः ।

आत्मानं नानुशोचन्ति कालेन कवलीकृतम् ॥ १49८

 

Mriyamanam mrutam bandhum shochante paridevinah ।

Atmanam nanushochanti kalena kavalikrutam ॥

 

People grieve over relatives who are dead or on deathbeds. They don’t grieve

over the fact that they themselves are certain to go into the jaws of time.

 

चलत्येकेन पादेन तिष्ठत्येकेन बुद्धिमान् ।
नासमीक्ष्य परं स्थानं पूर्वमायतनं त्यजेत् ॥ १499

Chalatyekena padena tishtatyekena buddhiman ।
Nasamikshya param sthanam purvamayatanaṃ tyajet ॥

A wise man moves one foot with the other firmly rooted on the ground.

Without ensuring a stable place to land never leave the present.

 

रहस्यभेदो याञ्चा च निष्ठूर्यं चलचित्तता ।
क्रोधो निःसत्यता द्यूतमेतन्मित्रस्य दूषणम् ॥ १5००

 

Rahasyabhedo yancha cha nishturyam chalachittata ।

Krodho nissatyata dyutametanmitrasya dushanam ॥

 

Secret division, always seeking, over sensititivity, unsteady mind,

Anger, falsehood, drinking are signs of friendship going bad.