नीतिसूत्रे 26
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.
As a sparrow in wandering, as a swallow in flying, so, a causeless curse, shall not alight.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of dullards.
4 ४ मूर्खाला उत्तर देऊ नको आणि त्याच्या मूर्खपणात सामील होऊ नकोस, किंवा देशील तर तू त्यांच्यासारखाच होशील.
Do not answer a dullard, according to his folly, lest, even thou thyself, become like him;
5 ५ मूर्खाला उत्तर दे आणि त्याच्या मूर्खतेत सामील हो, नाहीतर तो आपल्या स्वतःच्या दृष्टीने शहाणा होईल.
Answer a dullard according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
One who cutteth off feet, one who drinketh down wrong, is he who sendeth a message by the hand of a dullard.
Useless are the legs of the lame, and a proverb, in the mouth of a dullard.
Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.
A brier cometh into the hand of a drunken-man, a proverb into the mouth of dullards.
10 १० एखादा तिरंदाज प्रत्येकाला जखमी करतो, तसेच जो मूर्खाला किंवा जवळून आल्या गेल्यास मोलाने काम करायला लावतो तो तसाच आहे.
[As] an archer who woundeth every thing, [so] one who hireth a dullard, and a drunkard crossing the sea.
As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly.
12 १२ आपल्या दृष्टीने स्वतःला शहाणा समजतो असा कोणी तुझ्या पाहण्यात आहे का? त्यापेक्षा मूर्खाला अधिक आशा आहे.
Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye, —more hope of a dullard, than of him!
Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.
The door, turneth on its hinges, and, the sluggard, upon his bed.
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment.
17 १७ जो दुसऱ्यांच्या वादात पडून संतप्त होतो, तो जवळून जाणाऱ्या कुत्र्याचे कान धरुन ओढणाऱ्यासारखा आहे.
As he who layeth hold of the ears of a dog, is a passer-by, who giveth vent to his wrath over a quarrel, not his!
As a madman throwing 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 who deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Was not, I, in sport?
Without wood a fire is quenched, and, where there is no tattler, strife is hushed.
21 २१ जसे लोणारी कोळसा जळत्या कोळश्याला आणि लाकडे अग्नीला, त्याचप्रमाणे भांडण पेटवायला भांडखोर लागतो.
Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife.
22 २२ गप्पाटप्पा करणाऱ्याचे शब्द स्वादिष्ट पक्वान्नासारखे असतात. ते पोटाच्या आंतील भागापर्यंत खाली जातात.
the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
Dross silver overlaid upon earthenware, so are burning lips, with a mischievous heart:
24 २४ जो कोणी प्रबंधाचा द्वेष करतो तो आपल्या ओठांनी आपल्या भावना लपवतो, आणि तो आपल्या अंतर्यामात कपट बाळगतो;
With his lips, the hater dissembleth, but, within himself, he layeth up deceit:
Though he make gracious his voice, do not trust him, for, seven abominations, are in his heart:
Hatred may clothe itself with guile, his wickedness shall be disclosed in the convocation.
He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, shall fall, and, he that rolleth a stone, upon himself, shall it return.
28 २८ लबाड बोलणारी जिव्हा आपण चिरडून टाकलेल्या लोकांचा द्वेष करते, आणि फाजील स्तुती करणारे तोंड नाशाला कारण होते.
A false tongue, hateth them who are crushed by it, and, a flattering mouth, worketh occasion of stumbling.
