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No disrespect for the peaceful; Or even little respect, One should not dwell there. 73. Where the lazy and the skilled, The brave and the fearful are honored; The peaceful do not dwell there, Who would, without distinction? 74. Painful is dwelling in a crowd, In a place of impure association; More so than with unpleasant loved ones, And more so than with the ungrateful. 75. Avoid a woman with five hands, A horse with a hundred; An elephant with a thousand, And a bad person by abandoning the country. 76. One should give up one for the sake of the family, One should give up the family for the sake of the village; One should give up the village for the sake of the country; One should give up the earth for one's own sake. 77. The wise man moves with one foot, And stands with one; Not having considered another place, He does not abandon his former dwelling. 78. Those fallen from their place do not shine, Teeth, hair, nails, and men; Knowing this with intelligence, One should not quickly abandon one's place. 79. One should give up wealth for the sake of a limb, One should give up a limb protecting one's life; One should give up limb, wealth, and even all of life, Remembering the Dhamma. 80. The ear shines with learning, not with earrings, The hand with giving, not with bracelets; The body of the best of men shines, With helping others, not with sandalwood. 81. The wise spend time In contemplation of the Teaching; The wicked, in dissipation, Or sleep, or strife. 82. A thousand grounds for sorrow, A hundred grounds for fear; Day by day they come upon The fool, not the wise. 83. The very tall is a great fool, The average one is discerning; With Vāsudeva as their leader, All the dwarves are shrewd. 84. The fool shines not in the world, Praising only himself; Even in a covered well, The skilled one shines forth. 85. The Teaching subdues the proud, But excites the arrogance of the base; Its fiery insight blinds The owls, as it were. 86. Even a little done by the good Stands like an inscription on stone; What is done by the base, Even that vanishes like writing on water. 87. Even a little wealth of the good Is a refuge like water in a well; Even much of the wicked Is not like water in the ocean. 88. The anger of one with a wicked mind Is like a writing engraved on stone; The anger of a good person, When angered, is like writing on water, quickly gone. 89. The life of a fool is evil, Of one who is moderate, it is better; Like a king to his people, Or royal law to kings. 90. The lion is strong against snakes, The lizard against the lion, the ant against the lizard, Humans are stronger than ants, the king stronger than humans, But the wise counselor is strongest of all. 91. King, ocean, fire, woman, skill, And the greedy person; Even for these great desirers, The greatest desire is impermanence. 92. A sleepyhead, a discontent, An ungrateful one, and a coward; Never can you teach These four like birds. 93. A sleepyhead, a pleasure-seeker, A happy one, a lazy enjoyer of wealth, An unwilling worker, and a pleasure-seeker; These seven are devoid of the Teaching. 94. Prosperous with wealth and grain, Fuelled by wood, grass, and fire; Ruined by poverty from all sides, Therefore, do not do evil. 95. Whoever does not truly believe In the fruit of good and evil deeds; He quickly brings himself To the level of a mirror. 96. Whoever does not believe In the benefit of the future life; Why does he not see the crow In the dwellings of those destined for heaven? 97. A great banyan tree, etc. Small seed, much fruit; Having witnessed, one should take heed, The person who does good and evil. 98. For whom light is, Great respect and honor; For him, light indeed, Is the attainment of knowledge and wealth. 99. Teachers and preceptors, And also mother and father; Who diligently attends to them, Is a son like his father and others. 100. In every country, there are families, In every country, there are relatives; Where such companions exist, May that country be pleasing. 101. A son or brother who is wicked, One should instruct, not abandon; Why cut off a hand or foot, That is smeared with impurity? 102. A father, though alone, Always supports many sons; Many sons are unable, To support a single father. 103. A son who is superior or equal, The wise desire; They do not desire one who is inferior, Who becomes a stain on the family. 104. Seeing five reasons, The wise desire a son; "Born, he will support us, Or he will do our work." 105. "The family lineage will endure long, He will receive the inheritance; Or even for the departed, He will give offerings." 106. Born within, bought with wealth, One who has come into slavery voluntarily; Brought from a slave market, These are the four kinds of slaves. 107. Slaves, thieves, friends, Relatives, and those similar to oneself; Thus, the wise should discern, Friends, wives, and relatives. 108. Three are wise in the scriptures, "I am the only one who speaks well," "I also speak well," "I do not know," these three. 109. Without scriptures, one should not go, A hero to the battlefield; A wise traveler, a merchant, Likewise, to a foreign land. 110. Having properly examined, In letters and in places; A pupil may be a murderer, If the teacher is a traitor. 111. Goodness comes from association with the virtuous, wickedness from the wicked; Goodness does not come from association with the wicked; The earth holds the fragrance of flowers, But flowers do not hold the scent of the earth. 112. Friendship with the deceitful, righteousness with the corrupt, Prosperity through harming others; Knowledge with ease, a woman with harshness, Those who desire these are not wise. Thus said. Talk about friends 113. Having done good deeds, Having done good in the past; Some are happy, some are sad, That fool does not see. 114. By evil done by oneself, One obtains undesirable fruit; "They did this to me, they did that to me," The fool does it again. 115. By wasting time, he loses, Giving, virtue, and so on, the fool; He thinks the impermanent is permanent, Himself as eternal. 116. Like a fool, having done evil, He does not dare to conceal it; Why, going towards a tiger, Would he dare to hide his tracks? 117. Destroyed by listening to others, Destroying others even before; He quickly goes to ruin, Like grass burning a palace. 118. Food, sex, sleep, Are found in cows and men; Wisdom is the distinction of man, Without that, he is like a cow. 119. A foolish disciple, by country, And by supporting a bad wife; By association with wicked teachers, Even a wise man declines. 120. These two are sharp thorns, Adorning the body with desires; He who desires is ruined, And he who is angry is powerless. 121. He who desires is ruined, The weak one loves quarrels; The slow-witted one loves arguments, These three are the marks of a fool. 122. Having heard little, a man, Thinks he knows much; Not seeing the ocean, Like a frog in a well. 123. Even by this he knows, In all the sounds of words; Noisy streams go, The ocean goes silently. 124. That which is empty makes noise, That which is full is silent; Like a half-empty pot is the fool, Like a full lake is the wise man. 125. Even speaking with the wise, The wicked one is full of deceit; An ember being rubbed, Does not become blue. 126. Beauty for another's wife, Wealth for worldly flattery; Addiction to the destruction of the good, These are the qualities of the wicked. 127. Nothing is more laughable in the world, Than this; That a wicked person says, A good person is wicked. 128. A tumor, a boil, heat, A mass of unevenness; They perish without remainder, Not so the wicked, without a doubt. 129. He does not perish by slander. Indeed, the wicked rejoice; Not having tasted all flavors, They do not remember the child without a wet nurse. 130. The anvil grows hot, the tongs close, Fire consumes the forest; How is the wicked mind so soft, That it is compared to iron? 131. Therefore, association with the wicked, Like a venomous snake, A wise person, desiring prosperity, Should avoid from afar. 132. Association with the wicked, Is not even suitable for enemies; A hot ember burns, Even a cool one blackens. 133. The wicked should be avoided, Even if adorned with learning; Is not a snake, though adorned with a jewel, Still frightening? 134. When fire burns a forest, The wind becomes a friend; But it extinguishes the lamp, Friendship is not genuine in the wicked. 135. We do not trust the one who has done evil, We do not trust the liar; We do not trust the one who destroys meaning, We do not trust even the overly gentle. 136. How many wicked people are there to kill, As numerous as the sky; When anger is killed, The wicked are killed. 137. Ground covered with thorns, Cannot be covered; With just a pair of shoes, The earth is covered. 138. Beings always serve, A well with plenty of water; Wealth and possessions, They abandon the empty ones. 139. A friend abandons one without wealth, As do children, wives, and siblings; They serve the wealthy, Wealth is the greatest friend in the world. 140. Not beauty, not wisdom, Not noble birth is paramount; In times of misfortune, Wealth is especially important. 141. A good friend, a wilderness, Speaking in battle, in assembly; The foolish want to go, Those four types of people are deluded. 142. Preventing harm, Using good, Sacrifice in misfortune, In brief, the characteristics of a friend. 143. In sickness, in misfortune, In famine, in enemy conflict; At the king's gate, in the cemetery, He who stands is a true relative. 144. He is a relative who is engaged in good, He is a father who is a provider; He is a kinsman in whom there is trust, She is a wife in whom there is peace. 145.