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नाक्रोशी स्यान्नावमानी परस्य मित्रद्रोही नोत नीचोपसेवी । न चातिमानी न च हीनवृत्तो रूक्षां वाचं रुशतीं वर्जयीत॥५-३६-६॥
One should be neither abusive nor contemptuous; one should not betray another’s friendship, nor cleave to base conduct. One should be neither arrogant nor of degraded behavior; one should avoid harsh and wounding speech.
english translation
मर्माण्यस्थीनि हृदयं तथासून्घोरा वाचो निर्दहन्तीह पुंसाम् । तस्माद्वाचं रुशतीं रूक्षरूपां धर्मारामो नित्यशो वर्जयीत॥५-३६-७॥
Terrible words in this world scorch a person’s vital points, bones, heart, and even the life-breath. Therefore, one who delights in dharma should always avoid speech that wounds and is harsh in form.
english translation
अरुंतुदं परुषं रूक्षवाचं वाक्कण्टकैर्वितुदन्तं मनुष्यान् । विद्यादलक्ष्मीकतमं जनानां मुखे निबद्धां निरृतिं वहन्तम्॥५-३६-८॥
One should know as most inauspicious among men the one whose speech is harsh and rough, who pierces others with thorn-like words—as though bearing Nirṛti, misfortune itself, fastened upon his mouth.
english translation
परश्चेदेनमधिविध्येत बाणैर्भृशं सुतीक्ष्णैरनलार्कदीप्तैः । विरिच्यमानोऽप्यतिरिच्यमानो विद्यात्कविः सुकृतं मे दधाति॥५-३६-९॥
Even if another were to strike him hard with exceedingly sharp arrows, blazing like fire and sun, the wise—though diminished—would understand: “This is a deposit of merit (puṇya) accruing to me through endurance.”
english translation
यदि सन्तं सेवते यद्यसन्तं तपस्विनं यदि वा स्तेनमेव । वासो यथा रङ्गवशं प्रयाति तथा स तेषां वशमभ्युपैति॥५-३६-१०॥
Whether one keeps company with the virtuous or the unvirtuous, with an austere ascetic or even with a thief—just as cloth takes on the dye’s hue, so a person comes under the influence of those companions.
english translation