यस् तित्याज सचिविदं सखायं न तस्य वाच्य् अपि भागो अस्ति । यद् ईं शृणोत्य् अलकं शृणोति नहि प्रवेद सुकृतस्य पन्थाम् ॥
yas tityāja sacividaṃ sakhāyaṃ na tasya vācy api bhāgo asti | yad īṃ śṛṇoty alakaṃ śṛṇoti nahi praveda sukṛtasya panthām ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
No part in Vak hath he who hath abandoned his own dear friend who knows the truth of friendship. Even if he hears her still in vain he listens: naught knows he of the path of righteous action.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896)