annadanam param danam vidya danam atah param |
annena kshanika triptih yavajjivam cha vidyayo ||

अन्नदानं परं दानं विद्या दानं अतः परम्  |
अन्नेन क्षणिका तृप्तिः यावज्जीवं च विद्ययो ||

A gift of food is good for the getter.
A gift of knowledge, even better.
Delight in eating's rather fleeting
But knowledge lasts while the heart is beating.

na choraharyam na cha rajyaharyam na bhratribhajyam na cha bharakari |
vyaye krite vardhata eva nityam vidya dhanam sarvadhanapradhanam ||

न चोरहार्यं न च राज्यहार्यं न भ्रातृभाज्यं न च भारकारी |
व्यये कृते वर्धत एव नित्यं विद्या धनं सर्वधनाप्रधानम् ||

It can’t be stolen by a thief
Nor plundered by a king or chief.
It can’t be divvied up by brothers
Or be burdensome for you and others.
The more we share, the more its measure.
Our knowledge is our greatest treasure.

tyajanti mitrani dhanairvihinam putrashcha darashcha suhrijjanashcha |
tamarthavantam punarashrayanti artho hi loke manushasya bandhuh ||

त्यजन्ति मित्राणि धनैर्विहीनं पुत्राश्च दाराश्च सुहृज्जनाश्च  |
तमर्थवन्तं पुनराश्रयन्ति अर्थो हि लोके मनुषस्य बन्धुः  ||

The man who loses wealth in life
Will lose his friends on cue.
He'll also lose his sons and wife
And acquaintances too.

But when he becomes rich again
They all come running back.
Your only friend on earth is then
Money, white or black.