satyam bruyatpriyam bruyat na bruyat satyamapriyam |
priyam cha nanritam bruyat eshadharmassanatanah ||

सत्यं ब्रूयात्प्रियं ब्रूयान्नब्रूयात् सत्यमप्रियम् |
प्रियं च नानृतं ब्रूयात् एषधर्मस्सनातनः ||

Speak the truth but speak it kindly.
Do not speak a truth unkindly.
Pleasing lies are not okay.
That’s the True Eternal Way.

pibanti nadyah svayameva nabhyah svayam na khadanti phalani vrikshah |
nadanti sasyam khalu varivahah paropakaraya satam vibhutayah ||

पिबन्ति नद्द्यः स्वयमेव नाभ्यः स्वयम् न खादन्ति फलानि वृक्षाः |
नादन्ति सस्यं खलु वारिवाहाः परोपकाराय सतां विभूतयः ||

A river never sips or drinks
The water flowing by its brinks.
A tree won’t eat the fruits it flowers,
A cloud won't reap the crops it showers.
The worthy share their worth with others:
Their fellow sisters, fellow brothers.

ashvaM naiva gajaM naiva vyAghraM naiva ca naiva ca |
ajAputraM baliM dadyAddevo durbalaghAtakaH ||

अश्वं नैव गजं नैव व्याघ्रं नैव च नैव च |
अजापुत्रं बलिं दद्याद्देवो दुर्बलघातकः ||

Not the horse, the elephant neither,
Surely not the tiger either.
Sacrifice the lamb, the meek.
God too coldly kills the weak.