Ryder
Hark to the counsel of the good,
Although irrelevant it looks;
Their simple talk is richer food
And wiser than the best of books.
Tawney
A man should reverence the sage,
Not only when he gives advice,—
The random words of prudent age,
If rightly weighed, are pearls of price.
Telang
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परिचरितव्याः सन्तो यद्यपि कथयन्ति न सदुपदेशम् ।
यास्त्वेषां स्वैरकथास्ता एव भवन्ति शास्त्राणि ॥ १२ ॥
footnote
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XII . ( 6 ) यद्यपि कथयन्ति न सदुपदेशम् ; यद्यप्युपदिशन्ति न S. यद्यपि कथयन्ति
मा सदुपदेशम् . Bo . ( ८ ) ले ; स्ले ० S.
endnote
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St. XII . - The reading वा does not make sonse . नो for न would
suit both sense and metre . I ordinary random conversa
tion . Comp . Viracharita 4 ( Trith . ) – Arya .