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Knowledge is like nectar, negligence is like poison. 215. One should bear an enemy on one's shoulders, Until the time is right; Then, when the time comes, Smash the pot on the stone. 216. One should give up a cow with fifty in hand, or a vehicle with a hundred; One should give up an elephant for a thousand, One should abandon a country for a wicked man. 217. Trust should be placed in direct respect, In absent friends and relatives; In the work of servants and slaves, In wives and children. 218. Affection for crafts, affection for wealth, one should climb a mountain with affection; Affection for lust and anger too, these five affections are affections. 219. A hundred eyes, a hundred ears, The leader should always be attentive; Yet, like the blind and deaf, This is the nature of leadership. 220. The unity of many with little strength, Is very difficult to overcome; A rope is twisted from grass, With it, even an elephant is bound. 221. If anger arises, One should reflect on the likeness of a saw; If arises Craving, like the flesh of one's own child. Giving is the medicine of affection, stinginess the antidote to hatred; Giving is the medicine of fame, stinginess the antidote to longevity. One should desire wealth in trade, skill in the learned; One should desire a son from a maiden, a king should desire a minister who is approachable. Having witnessed a great banyan tree, from a tiny seed, bearing much fruit, A person should reflect, when doing good or evil. One who behaves humbly towards those worthy of respect and nurture, Having destroyed that lowliness, is established in the highest good. The highest is conquered by reverence, the brave by breaking them; The inferior is conquered by small gifts, the equal by valor. Let another know your faults, let your faults be known to another; Conceal secret parts like the private parts, and the faults of others. Laziness, sleepiness, idleness, anger, and procrastination; Going alone to a strange place, and associating with another's wife; These should be for a brahmin's ruin, they will be for his harm. Liquor, association with untimely things, frequenting gatherings, Gambling, bad companions, and laziness; these people, Though of great wealth, are ruined, this is the fruit of being inferior. "It is too cold, it is too hot, it is too late in the evening," Thus abandoning work, the moments pass by for that person. Destroyed by destroying others, formerly a destroyer of others; Quickly he goes to ruin, like a fire burning a grass hut. Do not trust an enemy, and do not trust even a friend; For a friend, if angered, will reveal all faults. A bad country, a bad friend, a bad relationship, a bad relative, A bad wife, and a bad king, one should avoid from afar. The crab goes sideways, and encounters all dangers; So the hen and her chicks are despised by men. A low-born son, a king's minister, a foolish son, even if learned; A poor man's son, a wealthy man, are despised by men. With whom one desires a relationship, one should not cause them pain; Quarreling, matters of relationship, and seeing the faults of others. Debt remaining, fire remaining, And enemies remaining as well; Again and again they increase, Therefore, do not leave a remainder. A person born in a good family, a son of a good family, He, being protected by his family lineage, Even when afflicted by suffering himself, should not do base deeds. 239. Prosperous with wealth and grain, Not destroyed by wood or grass fire, But utterly ruined from all sides by misconduct, Therefore, do not do evil. 240. "He does not go to the assembly, nor to the group," "The result is equal in a completed task," "There is a difference in the deed," Thus, he speaks harshly to him. 241. A young woman with a cough, and smoke, An old woman and puddle water, Always diminish life, And eating curd at night. 242. Confidence should not be placed In women and wicked people, Especially in the summer river, In disease and the royal family. 243. Undertaking unsuitable work is conflict, War with the Sangha and the mighty, Confidence in work is always negligence, A wise man knows the doors of death. 244. One should not indulge excessively in women, One should not eat unwholesome food, One should honor and respect the elders, One should not serve a deceitful guru. 245. One should not go to destruction, A hero to the battlefield, A wise, aged merchant, Nor likewise to a foreign land. 246. Through the word "give," The five deities are established in the body: Conviction, fame, Wisdom, modesty, and prosperity. 247. The word "no" is suffering, So is the word "give," May the sentence "there is not" and "give" Not be in existence after existence. 248. Where they do not know the origin, Either by birth or by discipline, There, honor is not to be done, To people who are merely nominally known. 249. Bad speech is for one lacking a mother, Bad deeds are for one lacking a father, Both bad speech and bad deeds Are for those lacking both mother and father. 250. Good speech is for one with a good mother, Good deeds are for one with a good father, Both good speech and good deeds Are for those with good mother and father. 251. The very tall one is greatly foolish, The medium one is discerning, Having Vasudeva as a leader, All the others are deceitful and crooked. 252. Conduct reveals lineage, Speech reveals country, Association reveals generosity, Food reveals the body. 253. The water's measure is the lotus stalk, The lineage's measure is the deed, The wisdom's measure is the spoken word, The land's measure is the grass and reeds. 254. A noble horse is known by its speed, A strong ox is known by its burden, A cow is known by its milk, A man is known by his speech. The fool. 255. A servant is known by his work, A relative in time of fear, A friend in adversity, And a wife when wealth is gone. 256. They do not know the time of destruction, All are astrologers; Chickens do not know, Nor trees, nor merchants. 257. The earth's ornament is Mount Meru, The night's ornament is the moon; The people's ornament is the king, The army's ornament is the elephant. 258. Morality adorns beauty, Character adorns family; Flowers adorn the forest, Elephants adorn the army. 259. The cuckoo's beauty is its voice, A woman's beauty is her devotion to her husband; Knowledge is the beauty of the formless, Forgiveness is the beauty of ascetics. 260. An ascetic is beautiful when lean, A quadruped is beautiful when stout; Humans are beautiful with knowledge, A woman is beautiful with a husband. 261. The moonless night is incomplete, The waveless ocean is incomplete; The lotus without swans is incomplete, The man without a woman is incomplete. 262. Ornaments without clothes are incomplete, A woman without a husband is incomplete; A man without skill is incomplete, Food without milk is incomplete. 263. The moon is the lamp of the sky, The husband is the lamp of the wife; The Dhamma is the lamp of the world, A good son is the lamp of the family. 264. A house without a son is empty, A country without a king is empty; The face of the unwise is empty, Everything is empty for the poor. 265. The ear shines with learning, not with earrings, The hand with charity, not with bracelets; The body of the excellent man shines With good deeds, not with sandalwood. 266. Charity, morality, sacrifice, Honesty, gentleness, austerity, Non-anger, non-violence, Patience, and non-opposition; These ten virtues should kings Maintain with diligence. 267. Charity, beneficial conduct, pleasing speech, And impartiality to all; These four means of grace Are proclaimed by the Sage. 268. Animals in the forest do not find, The bliss of sleep, fearing death; Kings do not find, Freedom from fear, fearing rivals; Wise men seek counsel, Fearing the dangers of existence. 269. Forgiveness, wakefulness, effort, Sharing, and discerning opportunities; These are the qualities of a leader, To be desired by those seeking success. 270. Being too gentle is despised, Being too harsh breeds enmity; Knowing both these extremes, One should practice moderation. 271. It is not possible to be always gentle. , or exceedingly sharp; He should not think only of himself, Therefore, he should practice both. 272. Farmer, merchant, servant, Ascetic, learned, virtuous; Among these abundant groups, The kingdom will also be abundant. 273. Among these weak groups, The kingdom will also be weak; Therefore, to make the kingdom abundant, The ruler should bear the kingdom's burden. 274. If someone plucks unripe fruit From a great fruit-bearing tree; He does not know its flavor, And its seed perishes. 275. The kingdom is like a great tree, If he rules it unrighteously; He does not know its flavor, And the kingdom also perishes. 276. If someone plucks ripe fruit From a great fruit-bearing tree; He knows its flavor, And its seed does not perish. 277. The kingdom is like a great tree, If he rules it righteously; He knows its flavor, And the kingdom also does not perish. 278. The king who rules the country Unrighteously; That king is hostile To all herbs and plants. 279. Likewise, harming merchants Engaged in buying and selling; With taxes, gifts, and forced labor, He is hostile to his own treasury. 280. Knowing the value of fields and land, In battles, tireless; The king who harms the elevated, Is hostile to his own army. 281. Likewise, harming ascetics, Restrained and practicing celibacy; The king who acts unrighteously, Is hostile to his own heaven. 282. By oneself and by others, A great river is made crooked; By the lord, not so the forest, Nor the kingdom, by its ruler. 283. A mother who commits evil against her son, A teacher who commits evil against his student; A king who commits evil against his citizens, A priest who commits evil against the king. 284. In doing good and evil, The king receives a sixth part from all;