detachment is the best policy and company of great is the secod best

 

सङ्गः सर्वात्मना त्याज्यः स चेत्त्यक्तुं न शक्यते।

स सद्भिः सह कर्तव्यः सतां सङ्गो हि भेषजम्॥

इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ३१०३ हितोपदेशे

saṅgaḥ sarvātmanā tyājyaḥ sa cettyaktuṁ na śakyate|

sa sadbhiḥ saha kartavyaḥ satāṁ saṅgo hi bheṣajam||

indiśce sprūce 3103

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞. 𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐫, 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦

𝐤 𝐯 𝐚

सङ्गःtoo much of attachment, too close company and activities and emotional connections arising therefrom सर्वात्मना by all means त्याज्यः is to be avoided सः if that attachment त्यक्तुं to give up न not शक्यते possible, practical चेत् if सद्भिः men of good character, conduct and repute सह with कर्तव्यः should be sought सतां of great people संगो association भेषजं हि is indeed like elixir, is like rejuvenating potion, medicine