Dashak 14 · Samāsa 6

Beauty cannot be practiced into; no remedy works for inherent guṇa. / Some way should be held — of acquired guṇa.

A dark person does not become fair; for the dwarf effort does not work; / for the mute, voice does not crack — this is inherent.

The blind do not become sighted; the deaf do not hear; / the lame does not get feet — this is inherent.

The marks of ugliness — how much to tell? / Beauty for this reason — does not change.

Defects go on abandoning; excellent guṇas come by practice; / abandoning kuvidyā, they learn — the wise — vidyā.

Foolishness goes on abandoning; wisdom comes by learning; / understanding all things — comes by doing affairs.

If acceptance is loved by life — then why ignore [it]? / Without cleverness, high rank — is never had.

Such pratīti comes to mind; then why do not one's own hita? / By walking the good path among people, the sajjana accepts [one].

Body adorned neatly — but without cleverness it perishes. / Without guṇa, adornment done — is like a fool.

Inner-art should be adorned; understood in various ways. / Gather wealth and enjoy — leisurely.

Does not strive, does not learn; does not labor the body; / does not take excellent guṇas — always angry.

What one does to others — borrowed, one takes it back. / Paining people, one must be pained — much.

He who conducts with justice is wise; the unjust is wretched. / The various signs of cāturya — the clever know.

What is accepted by many — many have accepted. / The rest went in vain — condemned by the world.

Let people flow to oneself; or let them all collapse. / Let samādhāna come to oneself — do thus.

By samādhāna, samādhāna grows; by friendship, friendship joins. / On breaking, it breaks in a moment — the goodness.

'Aho, how?' 'Are, what-yo?' — is this said among people? / While knowing, why — uselessness?

By cāturya, the interior is adorned; by clothes, the body is adorned. / Of the two, which is greater — see well.

Outer-form adorned — what came into people's hands by that? / By cāturya, many have been protected — in various ways.

Eat well, dine well; wear well, drape well; / 'all should say good' — such is the vāsanā.

Wear out body-and-mind; take 'great one' from that. / Uselessly imagining, tiredness — will come ahead.

Among people, where a task sticks; where that task gets done; / people spontaneously flow — for the work.

Therefore make others happy; by that oneself is happy. / Pain another, one must be pained — oneself.

This is plainly evident; without seeing it is useless. / Understanding is the means — for every creature.

Those who understood and conducted — they became bhāgya-puruṣas. / Those apart from this — are wretched puruṣas.

As much the enterprise, so much the vaibhava; like the vaibhava, the attitude. / The means to understanding — is plainly evident.

By laziness, the work is spoiled; by attention, it happens. / He who does not know the visible — how wise?

By friendship, deeds happen; by enmity, death comes. / Is this spoken truth or untruth? — recognize.

Who does not know to make oneself wise; does not know one's own hita; / does not know to keep friendship — makes enemies.

Such-kind people — should be called ignorant. / From them, samādhāna — who attains?

One by oneself, alone — went disputing in the sṛṣṭi. / Among the many, for the alone one — whence victory?

Remain in many mouths; enter in many hearts; / expound in excellent virtues — for every creature.

Make the people wise; make the fallen pure; / in the sṛṣṭi, Bhagavad-bhajana — should be grown.