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अतिक्लेशेन येऽर्थाः स्युर्धर्मस्यातिक्रमेण च । अरेर्वा प्रणिपातेन मा स्म तेषु मनः कृथाः॥५-३९-६१॥
Do not set your mind on gains that come through excessive hardship, through transgressing dharma, or through humiliating submission before an adversary.
english translation
अविद्यः पुरुषः शोच्यः शोच्यं मिथुनमप्रजम् । निराहाराः प्रजाः शोच्याः शोच्यं राष्ट्रमराजकम्॥५-३९-६२॥
A person without knowledge is to be lamented; a couple without progeny is to be lamented. Subjects without sustenance are to be lamented; and a kingdom without a ruler is to be lamented.
english translation
अध्वा जरा देहवतां पर्वतानां जलं जरा । असंभोगो जरा स्त्रीणां वाक्शल्यं मनसो जरा॥५-३९-६३॥
For embodied beings, excessive travel is a form of wear; for mountains, water is a form of erosion. For women, lack of companionship is a form of hardship; and for the mind, injury by words is a form of deterioration.
english translation
अनाम्नायमला वेदा ब्राह्मणस्याव्रतं मलम् । कौतूहलमला साध्वी विप्रवासमलाः स्त्रियः॥५-३९-६४॥
The Vedas are impaired by non-recitation; a brāhmaṇa is impaired by the absence of disciplined observance. A virtuous woman is impaired by restless curiosity; and women are impaired by separation from their husbands.
english translation
सुवर्णस्य मलं रूप्यं रूप्यस्यापि मलं त्रपु । ज्ञेयं त्रपुमलं सीसं सीसस्यापि मलं मलम्॥५-३९-६५॥
For gold, silver is an impurity; for silver, tin is an impurity. Know that lead is an impurity for tin; and for lead, impurity itself is its impurity.
english translation