नीतिसूत्रे 20
Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.
As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.
4 ४ आळशी मनुष्य हिवाळा लागल्यामुळे नांगरीत नाही, तो हंगामाच्या वेळी पिक शोधेल पण त्यास काहीही मिळणार नाही.
Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.
6 ६ बरेच व्यक्ती विश्वासू असल्याची घोषणा करतात, पण जो कोणी विश्वासू आहे त्या व्यक्तीस कोण शोधून काढेल? पण खरोखरच असा व्यक्ती सापडणे कठीण असते.
Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
7 ७ जो कोणी मनुष्य चांगले करतो त्याच्या प्रामाणिकतेने चालतो, आणि त्याच्या मागे त्याची मुले त्यास अनुसरतात आणि ते सुखी होतात.
The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall leave behind him blessed children.
8 ८ जेव्हा राजा राजासनावर बसून न्यायनिवाड्याचे कार्य करतो, तो आपल्या डोळ्यांनी सर्व वाईट गोष्टी उडवून टाकतो.
The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure from sin?
Diverse weights and diverse measures, both are abominable before God.
By his inclinations a child is known, if his works be clean and right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made them both.
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.
There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
16 १६ जो अनोळख्याला जामीन राहतो त्याचे वस्त्र ठेवून घे, जेव्हा तो परक्यास जामीन झाला आहे म्हणून त्यास तारणादाखल ठेव.
Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.
Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
25 २५ हे पवित्र आहे असे उतावळीने म्हणणे व असला नवस केल्यावर मग विचार करीत बसणे हे मनुष्याने पाशात पडणे होय.
It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.
Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.
The joy of young men is their strength: and the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
The blueness of a wound shall wipe away evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the belly.
