नीतिसूत्रे 20
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is noisy; and whosoever indulgeth therein will never be wise.
Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
It is an honor for a man to cease from a contest; but every fool enrageth himself.
4 ४ आळशी मनुष्य हिवाळा लागल्यामुळे नांगरीत नाही, तो हंगामाच्या वेळी पिक शोधेल पण त्यास काहीही मिळणार नाही.
Because it is winter's cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing.
Like deep water is counsel in the heart of man; but the man of understanding 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.
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but who can 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 righteous walketh in his integrity: happy will be his children after him.
8 ८ जेव्हा राजा राजासनावर बसून न्यायनिवाड्याचे कार्य करतो, तो आपल्या डोळ्यांनी सर्व वाईट गोष्टी उडवून टाकतो.
A king that sitteth on the throne of justice scattereth away with his eyes all evil.
Who can say, I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin.
Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord.
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work will be pure, and whether it will be upright.
The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth, the Lord hath made both of them alike.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thy eyes, so wilt thou be satisfied with bread.
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then doth he boast.
There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.
16 १६ जो अनोळख्याला जामीन राहतो त्याचे वस्त्र ठेवून घे, जेव्हा तो परक्यास जामीन झाला आहे म्हणून त्यास तारणादाखल ठेव.
Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him.
Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.
Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that enticeth with his lips.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness.
An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning will at its end not be blessed,
Do not say, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the Lord, and he will help thee.
Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good.
From the Lord are the steps of man [ordained]; but man— how can he 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 a snare to a man to sanctify things hastily, and to make inquiry only after having made vows.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and turneth over them the threshing-wheel.
A lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the inner chambers of the body.
Kindness and truth will watch over a king, and he will prop up through kindness his throne.
The ornament of young men is their strength; and the glory of old men is a hoary head.
The bruises of a wound are cleansing means for the bad, and stripes [will reach] the inner chambers of the body.
