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यदि चेदप्यसंबन्धो मित्रभावेन वर्तते । स एव बन्धुस्तन्मित्रं सा गतिस्तत्परायणम्॥५-३६-३६॥
Even without kinship, one who acts with the spirit of a friend is truly a kinsman; he is the friend, he the refuge, and he the proper reliance.
english translation
चलचित्तस्य वै पुंसो वृद्धाननुपसेवतः । पारिप्लवमतेर्नित्यमध्रुवो मित्रसंग्रहः॥५-३६-३७॥
For a man of wavering mind who does not attend upon elders, and whose judgment is ever adrift, the making and keeping of friendships is never steady.
english translation
चलचित्तमनात्मानमिन्द्रियाणां वशानुगम् । अर्थाः समतिवर्तन्ते हंसाः शुष्कं सरो यथा॥५-३६-३८॥
Material aims pass beyond one whose mind is unsteady, who lacks self-mastery and follows the rule of the senses—just as hamsas abandon a lake when it has dried up.
english translation
अकस्मादेव कुप्यन्ति प्रसीदन्त्यनिमित्ततः । शीलमेतदसाधूनामभ्रं पारिप्लवं यथा॥५-३६-३९॥
They flare up in anger without cause and grow calm without reason; such is the disposition of the unprincipled—like drifting, unstable clouds.
english translation
सत्कृताश्च कृतार्थाश्च मित्राणां न भवन्ति ये । तान्मृतानपि क्रव्यादाः कृतघ्नान्नोपभुञ्जते॥५-३६-४०॥
Those who, though honored and benefited, do not remain true to their friends—such ungrateful persons are shunned even by carrion-eaters, even when dead.
english translation