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Flowering and fragrant; Perfumes the whole forest, Like a good son his family. 102. A father who is a debtor is an enemy, A mother who is an adulteress; A wife who is beautiful is an enemy, A son who is foolish is an enemy. 103. How can a person who does not know, The distinction between good and bad, judge? What authority has a blind man, In perceiving differences in form? 104. Everywhere the wise one... Indeed, discerning good and bad; What is more reckless than doing what leads to ruin? 105. A person declines by associating with inferiors, Nor does one ever diminish by associating with equals; By approaching superiors, one quickly rises, Therefore, one should associate with those superior to oneself. 106. And whoever sees the Dhamma in the present moment, Unwavering, unshakeable, Knowing this, the wise one should declare it. 107. Whoever does not transgress the Dhamma due to desire, hatred, fear, or delusion, Their fame fills up, like the moon in the waxing fortnight. 108. The wise one, accomplished in virtue, gentle, and eloquent, Humble in conduct, not stubborn, such a one obtains fame. 109. Rare is the appropriate speech, rare is the son who brings security, Rare is the suitable wife, rare is the affectionate friend. 110. Having attained great benefit, knowledge, and prosperity, One who conducts oneself without arrogance or stubbornness, that one is called wise. 111. The wise are firm in their learning, silent when unasked, Full of good speech, like a bell when struck. 112. The wise one, when unasked, is like a drum, when asked, like a rain cloud; The fool, whether asked or unasked, always boasts much. 113. Deaf to the slander of others, unobservant of others' faults, Lame towards other women, unaware of evil thoughts. Let one be as blind though having eyes, as deaf though having ears, As mute though wise, as weak though strong; Then, when an issue arises, let one lie as if dead. 114. Having avoided evil friends, one should associate with the best individuals; And one should abide by their advice, desiring unwavering happiness. 115. "It is too cold, too hot, this is too late in the evening," Thus, those who abandon work, their opportunities pass by, O man. 116. But whoever does not consider cold or heat to be more than grass, Doing the tasks of a person, that one does not fall away from happiness. 117. In whatever country there is no respect, no affection, and no relatives, Nor any acquisition of knowledge, one should not live there even for a day. 118. A wealthy person, a learned person, a king, a river, and a doctor, these five; In whatever country they are not found, one should not That day he should dwell. 119. The moon is the adornment of the sky, a husband the adornment of a woman; A king the adornment of the earth, knowledge the adornment of all. 120. One desiring happiness should abandon knowledge, one desiring knowledge should abandon happiness; Where is knowledge for one desiring happiness, where is happiness for one desiring knowledge? 121. By a moment, by a particle, one should accomplish knowledge and wealth; If a moment is wasted, where is knowledge? If a particle is wasted, where is wealth? 122. A quarter from the teacher is acquired, a quarter by the student through understanding; A quarter from fellow students, and a quarter through the passage of time. 123. The Dhamma conquers, not the Adhamma, truth conquers, not untruth; Forgiveness conquers, not anger, the divine conquers, not the demonic. 124. Giving is the adornment of the hand, truth the adornment of the throat; Learning is the adornment of the ear, what is the use of other ornaments? 125. Knowledge is wealth in a foreign land, wisdom is wealth in adversity; The Dhamma is wealth in the next world, virtue is wealth everywhere. 126. The moon is a lamp at night, the sun is a lamp in the morning; The Dhamma is a lamp in the three worlds, a good son is a lamp for the family. 127. Only the wise understand, the effort of the wise; A barren woman does not understand, the intense pain of childbirth. 128. For one who has no wisdom of his own, what will scripture do? For one without eyes, what will a mirror do? 129. What will speakers do, where there is no ear to hear? In a land of naked ascetics, what will a dyer do? 130. Through the pretense of a foolish disciple, and through supporting a bad wife; Through association with wicked enemies, even a wise man declines. 131. There is no affection equal to self-love, no wealth equal to grain; There is no light equal to wisdom, rain is indeed the supreme lake. 132. A snake, fire, a noble warrior, and one who is famous; A bhikkhu endowed with virtue, treat them all with respect. 133. Therefore, a wise person, seeing his own benefit; In the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha, the wise one should place faith. 134. Virtue goes to the highest state, not dwelling on a high bed; Dwelling on the peak of a palace, Can a crow become an eagle? Seeing future fear, Avoid it from afar; Seeing fear that has come, The wise one is fearless. Non-recitation is the dirt of mantras, Neglect is the dirt of houses; Stinginess is the dirt of beauty, Negligence is the dirt of a guard. Gradually, the wise one, Little by little, moment by moment; Like a smith refining silver, Removes the dirt from oneself. What one does, that one should say, What one does not do, that one should not say; The wise know One who speaks without doing. Uneven ground, fearful places, excessive wind, Covered places, places dependent on gods; Roads, battles, and fords, These eight should be avoided. One who is attached, angry, and deluded, Conceited, greedy, and lazy; One who is single-minded and foolish, These are destroyers of wealth. One who is attached, angry, and deluded, Timid, and attached to material things; A woman, a drunkard, and a eunuch, And the ninth is even a child. These nine types of people in the world, Are unstable and wavering; A secret discussed with these, Quickly becomes public. One who does not learn grammar, Even while studying the three baskets; Doubts at every step, Like a blind elephant in the forest. The Suttas, the elements, the aggregates, Nomenclature and grammatical rules; One who has these on the tip of the tongue, Is a lion with grammar as its mane. One who discerns the meaning of words, One who is skilled in distinguishing characteristics; That one can easily understand, The three baskets. One who is skilled in the science of words, Skilled in the Nighaṇḍu dictionary, Constantly engaged in prosody and rhetoric; That poet, even with poetic flaws, is counted among poets, And attains fame of immense form. Even dry, a sandalwood tree does not lose its scent, An elephant, even in a human mouth, does not lose its grace; Sugarcane, even in a press, does not lose its sweetness, Even in suffering, a wise person does not abandon the Dhamma. In the use of wealth and grain, And in the acquisition of knowledge; In food and in dealings, One should always be free from shame. Natural intelligence, And much pure learning; And unflagging Shame is here, It is a cause for bondage. 150. One should abandon evil friends, And associate with the wise; One should attend on the virtuous, And listen to the excellent Dhamma. 151. The doer of good reaps good, And the doer of evil, evil; Whatever seed is sown, Such is the fruit that is reaped. 152. Desire is the basis of verses, Letters are their expression; Verses rely on names, The poet is the abode of verses. 153. Therefore, a wise person, Seeing his own good, Should honor the wise, With reverence, like a shrine. 154. See the wise, hear the wise, Dwell with the wise; Converse and discuss with the wise, Do that, and delight in it. 155. The wise lead to the right path, They do not engage in wrong paths; Their guidance is superior, When spoken to correctly, they do not get angry; They understand discipline, Association with them is good. 156. If one finds a prudent companion, Living righteously, wise, and walking together; Overcoming all dangers, One should live with him, joyful and mindful. 157. If one does not find a prudent companion, Living righteously, wise, and walking together; Like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, One should wander alone, like an elephant in the forest. 158. Thousands of causes for sorrow, And hundreds of causes for fear; Enter the fool day by day, But not the wise. 159. By the fall of drops of water, A pot is filled slowly; So too, all knowledge, Of Dhamma, and of wealth. 160. Having attained suffering, the wise, Do not become despondent; Having entered the mouth of Rāhu, Does the moon not give light again? 161. By speed, a horse is known, By carrying, an ox; By milk, a cow is known, By speaking, a wise person. 162. A deed conceived in mind, One should not reveal in speech; For one whose actions are noticed by others, Success does not arise. 163. Knowledge is poison without practice, Food is poison when undigested; A gathering is poison for the poor, A young woman is poison for the old. Having eaten four or five mouthfuls, Drink water; It is enough for comfortable living, If one is diligent. of that bhikkhu. 164. Though this one is dissolute, a virtuous man is honored; What will a bow, though of pure bamboo, do if without a string? 165. The envious, the stingy, the discontented, the angry, the ever-suspicious, And he who lives on the fortune of others, these six are partakers of suffering. 166. Very great beings, bearing much learning, Cutters of doubts, go to ruin, deluded by greed. 167. At the riverbank, in a dug well, in a dry palm-tree stump, One should not say, "There is no water here," and likewise a word in the mouth. 168. He hears all with the ear, he sees all with the eye; But the wise one should not consider everything seen and heard. 169. Even from a fool it should be taken,