akinchanye na moksho'sti kinchanye nasti bandhanam |
kinchanye chetare chaiva janturjnanena muchyate ||

आकिञ्चन्ये न मोक्षोऽस्ति किञ्चन्ये नास्ति बन्धनम् |
किञ्चन्ये चेतरे चैव जन्तुर्ज्ञानेन मुच्यते ||

A simple life of poverty
Is not a path to salvation.
A lavish life with property
Is not a path to damnation.
It’s neither wealth nor misery
It’s knowledge that will set you free.

paropadeshe pandityam sarvesham sukaram nrinam |
dharme svayamanushthanam kasyachittu mahatmanah ||

परोपदेशे पाण्डित्यं सर्वेषां सुकरं नृणाम् |
धर्मे स्वयमनुष्ठानं कस्यचित्तु महात्मनः ||

The world is full of experts who
Tell other people what to do.
The noble soul is one who does
The moral thing without a fuss.

gate shokam na kurvita bhavishyam naiva chintayet |
vartamaneshu kaleshu vartayanti vichakshanah ||

गते शोकं न कुर्वीत भविष्यं नैव चिन्तयेत् |
वर्तमानेषु कालेषु वर्तयन्ति विचक्षणाः ||

Don’t think about the past and cry
Nor think of all that’s next and sigh.
The one who sees with open eyes,
In today’s moment lives and dies.