किं दानमनाकाङ्क्षं किं मित्रं यो निवारयति पापात्। कोऽलंकारः शीलं किं वाचां मण्डनं सत्यम्
kiṃ dānamanākāṅkṣaṃ kiṃ mitraṃ yo nivārayati pāpāt| ko'laṃkāraḥ śīlaṃ kiṃ vācāṃ maṇḍanaṃ satyam
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.