Satyam Bruyaat priyam bruyaan na bruyaat satyamapriyam

Priyamcha naanrutam bruyaat esha dharmassanaatanah

Speak the truth and speak to please; speak not the truth to displease; speak not
untruth to please; this is eternal virtue.
Dhoomenaavriyate vahnir yathaadarsho malena cha
Yatholbenaavrto garbhas tathaa tenedam aavrtam
As a flame is covered by smoke, mirror by dirt and embryo by the amnion, so is k
nowledge covered by desire.
Karmanyevaadhikaaraste Maa phaleshu kadaachana
Maa karmaphala heturbhuh maa te sango stvakarmani
Your right is to work only, but never to the fruit thereof. Be not instrumental
in making your actions bear fruit, nor let your attachment be to inaction.
Prastaava sadrisham vaakyam swabhaava sadrisheem
kriyaam Aatmashakti samam kopam yo jaanaati sa panditaha
A person is said to be a Scholar, who Speaks accordingly, works to the interest
of others and knows one's limitations in anger.
Kokilaanaam swaroroopam paativratyam tu yoshitaam
Vidyaa roopam viroopaanaam kshamaa roopam tapaswinaam
The voice is the beauty of cuckoos, Character is the beauty of women, Learning i
s the beauty of the deformed and patience is the beauty of ascetics.
Daatrutvam priyavaktrutvam dheeratvamuchitagnyataa
Abhyaasena na labhyante chatvaarassahajaagunaah
Liberality, sweetness of speech, courage and judgement are the four natural qual
ities, which can not be attained by practice. They come naturally.
Upadeshohi moorkhaanaam prakopaaya na shaantaye
Payaha paanam bhujangaanaam kevalam vishavardhanam
Milk consumed by snakes increases their poison. Similarly advice given to fools
make them even more furious instead of pacifying them.
Yo na vetthi gunaanyasya na tam seveta panditaha
Na hi tasmaat phalam kinchit sukrushtaat oosharaadiva
A scholar should not serve a person who does not recognise his virtues, ploughin
g a barren land is futile.
Swabhaavo nopadeshena shakyate kartumanyathaa
Sutaptamapi paaneeyam punargachhati sheetataam
It is not possible to change the nature of a person by a good advice, though wat
er is boiled, it invariably cools down.
Upakaarena Neechaanaam apakaarohi jaayate
Payah paanam bhujangaanaam kevalam vishavardhanam
Doing good to bad people will give evil results. Feeding the snakes with milk in
creases poison.