1. Holy men reach the heaven with their merits, but not other people.
2. You please the ancestors with oblations, we [please them] with water.
3. May all gods protect you!
4. This poet reached glory by poems of others.
5. "This all is yours," said the husband to the wife.
6. In this poem there are (lit. can be seen) many faults.
7. All rivers run towards the sea.
8. Do you both live in one house?
9. Where there is Dharma, there is victory.
10. The end of happiness is always suffering; the end of suffering is always happiness.
11. A horse, even thin, is beautiful (lit. for brilliance), but not a donkey, even fat.
12. A person is noble by behavior, not by riches or knowledge.
13. There is no bigger fault than greed, there is no bigger quality than giving.
14. A donkey won't sing, even if being taught (lit. learned).
15. An advice to fools is for anger, not for peace.
1. tani pustakani necchami |
2. etasu nadisu bahavo matsyah |
3. etasaj narinaj bhartaro yuddhamagacchan |
4. etasminvane sijhamapawyam |
5. etairviryaih saha watruj parakrameyamiti senapatiravadat |
6. etairlaksanaih saha nrpa eva jayante |
7. tava vrttaj na me rocate |
8. tvadanye janastanna sadhayanti |
9. sarve satyaj na vadanti |