[neeti-83]
यथा कन्दुकपातेनोत्पतत्यार्यः पतन्नपितथा त्वनार्यः पतति मृत्पिण्डपतनं यथा ॥८३॥yathā kandukapātenotpatatyāryaḥ patannapitathā tvanāryaḥ patati mṛtpiṇḍapatanaṃ yathā ||83||
Translation
(WISE FALL, ONLY TO RISE AGAIN)
A noble man rises up again, like a ball falling down (bouncing back again). But an ignoble man falls like a mud-ball (and shatters to pieces). ॥ 83 ॥