05034073a vAksaMyamo hi nRpate suduSkaratamo mataH To control speech, O king, is said to be most difficult.
05034073c arthavac ca vicitraJM ca na zakyamM bahu bhASitum It is not easy to hold a long conversation uttering words full of meaning and delightful to the hearers.
05034074a abhyAvahati kalyANaM vividhA vAk subhASitA Well-spoken speech is productive of many beneficial results;
05034074c saiva durbhASitA rAjann anarthAyopapadyate and ill-spoken speech, O king, is the cause of evils.
05034075a saMrohati zarair viddhaM vanamM parazunA hatam A forest pierced by arrows, or cut down by hatchets may again grow,
05034075c vAcA duruktamM bIbhatsanM na saMrohati vAkkSatam but one's heart wounded and censured by ill-spoken words never recovereth.
05034076a karNinAlIkanArAcA nirharanti zarIrataH Weapons, such as arrows, bullets, and bearded darts, can be easily extracted from the body,
05034076c vAkzalyas tu na nirhartuM zakyo hRdizayo hi saH but a wordy dagger plunged deep into the heart is incapable of being taken out.
05034077a vAksAyakA vadanAn niSpatanti yair AhatazH zocati rAtryahAni Wordy arrows are shot from the mouth; smitten by them one grieveth day and night.
05034077c parasya nAmarmasu te patanti tAn paNDito nAvasRjet pareSu A learned man should not discharge such arrows, for do they not touch the very vitals of others.
