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संतोषो वै श्रियं हन्ति तथानुक्रोश एव च । अनुत्थानभये चोभे निरीहो नाश्नुते महत्॥५-१३१-३१॥
Contentment indeed destroys prosperity, and so too does compassion; and when both are joined with fear of exertion, the unenterprising person does not attain greatness.
english translation
एभ्यो निकृतिपापेभ्यः प्रमुञ्चात्मानमात्मना । आयसं हृदयं कृत्वा मृगयस्व पुनः स्वकम्॥५-१३१-३२॥
Free yourself, by your own agency, from these sinful stratagems. Making your heart like iron, pursue again what is rightfully yours.
english translation
पुरं विषहते यस्मात्तस्मात्पुरुष उच्यते । तमाहुर्व्यर्थनामानं स्त्रीवद्य इह जीवति॥५-१३१-३३॥
Because he can endure and protect the community, the city (pura), he is therefore called a ‘puruṣa’—a man of responsibility. But one who lives here without fulfilling that duty is said to bear a name without substance, living in a way deemed socially unproductive.
english translation
शूरस्योर्जितसत्त्वस्य सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनः । दिष्टभावं गतस्यापि विघसे मोदते प्रजा॥५-१३१-३४॥
Even when a hero of mighty resolve—one who advances with lion-like confidence—has reached his destined end, the people may still take satisfaction in the remaining fruits of his deeds and the provisions he left behind.
english translation
य आत्मनः प्रियसुखे हित्वा मृगयते श्रियम् । अमात्यानामथो हर्षमादधात्यचिरेण सः॥५-१३१-३५॥
He who, setting aside his own cherished comforts, actively seeks prosperity and success, soon inspires confidence and satisfaction among his ministers.
english translation