[neeti-74]
निन्दन्तु नीतिनिपुणा यदि वा स्तुवन्तुलक्ष्मीः समाविशतु गच्छतु वा यथेष्टम् ।अद्यैव वा मरणमस्तु युगान्तरे वान्याय्यात्पथः प्रविचलन्ति पदं न धीराः ॥७४॥nindantu nītinipuṇā yadi vā stuvantulakṣmīḥ samāviśatu gacchatu vā yatheṣṭam |adyaiva vā maraṇamastu yugāntare vānyāyyātpathaḥ pravicalanti padaṃ na dhīrāḥ ||74||
Translation
(NOBLE MEN WITH PRINCIPLES)
Let the experts of legal science censure or praise; let the riches be lost or arrive abundantly; let there be death today or after the end of a Kalpa; the men of courage do not swerve from the noble path ordained by Scriptures. ॥ 74 ॥