नीतिसूत्रे 26
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.
As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
4 ४ मूर्खाला उत्तर देऊ नको आणि त्याच्या मूर्खपणात सामील होऊ नकोस, किंवा देशील तर तू त्यांच्यासारखाच होशील.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
5 ५ मूर्खाला उत्तर दे आणि त्याच्या मूर्खतेत सामील हो, नाहीतर तो आपल्या स्वतःच्या दृष्टीने शहाणा होईल.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.
The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
10 १० एखादा तिरंदाज प्रत्येकाला जखमी करतो, तसेच जो मूर्खाला किंवा जवळून आल्या गेल्यास मोलाने काम करायला लावतो तो तसाच आहे.
A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.
As a dog turneth back to its vomit, [so] a fool repeateth his folly.
12 १२ आपल्या दृष्टीने स्वतःला शहाणा समजतो असा कोणी तुझ्या पाहण्यात आहे का? त्यापेक्षा मूर्खाला अधिक आशा आहे.
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.
17 १७ जो दुसऱ्यांच्या वादात पडून संतप्त होतो, तो जवळून जाणाऱ्या कुत्र्याचे कान धरुन ओढणाऱ्यासारखा आहे.
He that passing by vexeth himself with strife belonging not to him, is [like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 १९ तो अशा मनुष्यासारखा आहे जो आपल्या एका शेजाऱ्याला फसवतो, आणि म्हणतो, मी विनोद सांगत नव्हतो काय?
so is a man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am I not in sport?
Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
21 २१ जसे लोणारी कोळसा जळत्या कोळश्याला आणि लाकडे अग्नीला, त्याचप्रमाणे भांडण पेटवायला भांडखोर लागतो.
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
22 २२ गप्पाटप्पा करणाऱ्याचे शब्द स्वादिष्ट पक्वान्नासारखे असतात. ते पोटाच्या आंतील भागापर्यंत खाली जातात.
The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
24 २४ जो कोणी प्रबंधाचा द्वेष करतो तो आपल्या ओठांनी आपल्या भावना लपवतो, आणि तो आपल्या अंतर्यामात कपट बाळगतो;
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Though [his] hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
28 २८ लबाड बोलणारी जिव्हा आपण चिरडून टाकलेल्या लोकांचा द्वेष करते, आणि फाजील स्तुती करणारे तोंड नाशाला कारण होते.
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
