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अकर्मशीलं च महाशनं च लोकद्विष्टं बहुमायं नृशंसम् । अदेशकालज्ञमनिष्टवेषमेतान्गृहे न प्रतिवासयीत॥५-३७-३१॥
One should not lodge in one’s home a person who is habitually idle, excessively voracious, hated by the people, deceitful and cruel, ignorant of proper place and time, and of objectionable conduct or appearance.
english translation
कदर्यमाक्रोशकमश्रुतं च वराकसंभूतममान्यमानिनम् । निष्ठूरिणं कृतवैरं कृतघ्नमेतान्भृशार्तोऽपि न जातु याचेत्॥५-३७-३२॥
Even in severe distress, one should never petition such persons: the miserly, the abusive, the unlearned, the low-born, one who imagines respect where none is due, the harsh, one who has formed enmities, and the ungrateful.
english translation
संक्लिष्टकर्माणमतिप्रवादं नित्यानृतं चादृढभक्तिकं च । विकृष्टरागं बहुमानिनं चाप्येतान्न सेवेत नराधमान्षट्॥५-३७-३३॥
A person should not associate with these six base types: one of corrupt conduct, one given to excessive slander, one who habitually speaks falsehood, one of unstable loyalty, one whose passions are distorted, and one who is excessively self-regarding.
english translation
सहायबन्धना ह्यर्थाः सहायाश्चार्थबन्धनाः । अन्योन्यबन्धनावेतौ विनान्योन्यं न सिध्यतः॥५-३७-३४॥
Resources are secured by allies, and allies are secured by resources. These two are mutually binding; without each other, neither is successfully established.
english translation
उत्पाद्य पुत्राननृणांश्च कृत्वा वृत्तिं च तेभ्योऽनुविधाय कांचित् । स्थाने कुमारीः प्रतिपाद्य सर्वा अरण्यसंस्थो मुनिवद्बुभूषेत्॥५-३७-३५॥
After begetting sons, discharging one’s obligations toward them, providing them with some means of livelihood, and duly establishing all daughters in fitting circumstances, one may retire to the forest and aspire to live like a sage.
english translation