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Gathering at the right time; Carefulness, and diligence, Four learn from crows. 72. Fighting, rising early, Eating with relatives; Protecting a wife in danger, Four learn from a rooster. 73. What burden for the capable, What distance for the enterprising; What foreign land for the learned, Who is a stranger to the sweet-spoken. 74. The path to fear is said to be, Unrestrained senses; Conquering them is the path to wealth, By which one goes to what is desired. 75. There is no friend like knowledge, No enemy like disease; No affection like children, No strength greater than the gods. 76. The earth is enclosed by the ocean, A house is enclosed by walls; Countries are enclosed by kings, Women are enclosed by character. 77. A woman is like a clay pot, A man is like hot embers; Therefore, a pot and fire, A wise person should not place together. 78. Food is twice as much for women, Intelligence is four times theirs; Enterprise is six times, And lust is considered eight times. 79. Praise old food, A wife past her youth; A hero returned from battle, And grain brought home. 80. Dissatisfied Brahmins are ruined, Kings are ruined by being too satisfied; A modest prostitute is ruined, And a shameless family woman. 81. A king fallen from his lineage, And a foolish son who is learned; One who gains wealth without effort, Thinks of people as mere grass. 82. Even a slayer of Brahmā is revered, If he possesses abundant wealth; Even one of noble lineage like the moon, Is despised if he is without wealth. 83. Learning confined to books, And wealth in another's hands; When a need arises, Neither is that learning nor that wealth. 84. Trees fear the wind, Lotuses fear the frost; Mountains fear the thunderbolt, The virtuous fear the wicked. 85. When the wise are employed, The king has three qualities; Fame and a dwelling in heaven, And a great increase of wealth. 86. When fools are employed, The king has three faults; Dishonor and destruction of wealth, And going to hell. 87. By a multitude of fools, Living like animals, each for himself; All virtues are obscured, Like the sun by clouds. 88. He whose field is on the riverbank, Whose wife is fond of another; Whose son has no discipline, Death is certain, without doubt. 89. The impossible should not be said, Even if seen with one's own eyes; A stone floats on water, A monkey sings a song. 90. Abundance for the farmer always, Constant happiness for the healthy; Whose wife is dear to her husband, His house is always a festival. 91. Laziness destroys work, Poverty destroys intelligence; Begging destroys honor, Eating destroys lineage. 92. A great tree should be attended to, Endowed with fruit and shade; Even if there is no fruit, Who can ward off the shade? 93. In the first age, no learning was acquired, In the second, no wealth was gained; In the third, no merit was made, What will he do in the fourth? 94. Trees on the riverbank, Wealth in another's hands; A wife who frequents other men, All that is fruitless. 95. Having reached a bad country, where is the accumulation of wealth? Having reached a bad son, where is the offering of water? Having obtained a bad wife, where is happiness in the house? Having taught a bad student, where is fame? 96. Well water, the shade of a banyan tree, A common woman, a house of cremation; In the cold season, may there be warmth, And in the hot season, coolness. 97. Poison is walking at night, Poison is pleasing the king; Poison is a woman attached to another, Poison is sickness overlooked. 98. Poison is learning poorly studied, Poison is food when undigested; Poison is a gathering for the poor, Poison is a young woman for the old. 99. A path is ruined by mud, Women are ruined by falling; A field is ruined by little seed, A master is ruined by the faults of servants. 100. Faith is ruined by a bad ascetic, A sacrifice is ruined if without gifts; A beautiful woman is ruined if barren, An army is ruined if without a leader. 101. Knowing the Vedas and their branches, Devoted to chanting and sacrifice; Endowed with words of blessing, This is the royal chaplain. 102. Endowed with family, virtue, and qualities, Devoted to all righteous principles; Skilled, an overseer of messengers, He is appointed as the overseer of righteousness. 103. Practiced in the art of medicine, Pleasing in appearance to all; Endowed with noble virtue and qualities, He is appointed as the physician. 104. Quick to grasp what is said, Swift of hand, conquering words; Looking into all the scriptures, He is known as an excellent scribe. 105. Knowing all the principles of policy, His fatigue is honored in vehicles; Endowed with the qualities of a hero and warrior, He is appointed as the commander of the army. 106. Pure, quick-witted in speech, Discerning the minds of others; Wise and speaking truthfully, He is appointed as the envoy. 107. Endowed with the qualities of sons and grandsons, Knowing the scriptures, a cook in the kitchen; Brave and also firm, He is called a cook. 108. Knowing signs and causes, Strong, pleasing in appearance; Always diligent and skilled, He is called a chamberlain. 109. For one who has no wisdom of his own, What will the scriptures do for him? For one without eyes, What will a mirror do? 110. What will speakers do, Where there is no ear? In a country of naked ascetics, What will a dyer do?