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न शत्रुरङ्कमापन्नो मोक्तव्यो वध्यतां गतः । अहताद्धि भयं तस्माज्जायते नचिरादिव॥५-३८-२६॥
An enemy who has fallen into one’s grasp and reached a state requiring restraint should not be released; for from an unneutralized foe, danger soon arises again.
english translation
दैवतेषु च यत्नेन राजसु ब्राह्मणेषु च । नियन्तव्यः सदा क्रोधो वृद्धबालातुरेषु च॥५-३८-२७॥
With deliberate care—toward the deities, toward kings, and toward brāhmaṇas—anger should always be restrained; and likewise toward the elderly, children, and the ill.
english translation
निरर्थं कलहं प्राज्ञो वर्जयेन्मूढसेवितम् । कीर्तिं च लभते लोके न चानर्थेन युज्यते॥५-३८-२८॥
A wise person should avoid purposeless quarrel, a practice favored by the unreflective; he gains good repute in the world and is not entangled in harm.
english translation
प्रसादो निष्फलो यस्य क्रोधश्चापि निरर्थकः । न तं भर्तारमिच्छन्ति षण्ढं पतिमिव स्त्रियः॥५-३८-२९॥
One whose favor yields no benefit and whose anger is likewise without effect is not desired as a leader—just as women do not desire an impotent husband.
english translation
न बुद्धिर्धनलाभाय न जाड्यमसमृद्धये । लोकपर्यायवृत्तान्तं प्राज्ञो जानाति नेतरः॥५-३८-३०॥
Intelligence is not for the mere acquisition of wealth, nor is dullness for prosperity; the wise understand the patterns and turns of worldly affairs—others do not.
english translation