न सभां प्रविशेत् प्राज्ञ: सभ्यदोषाननुस्मरन् । अब्रुवन् विब्रुवन्नज्ञो नर: किल्बिषमश्नुते ॥ १० ॥
na sabhāṁ praviśet prājñaḥ sabhya-doṣān anusmaran abruvan vibruvann ajño naraḥ kilbiṣam aśnute
- na
- not
- sabhām
- an assembly
- praviśet
- should enter
- prājñaḥ
- the wise person
- sabhya
- of the assembly members
- doṣān
- sinful discrepancies
- anusmaran
- keeping in mind
- abruvan
- not speaking
- vibruvan
- speaking wrongly
- ajñaḥ
- ignorant (or pretending to be so)
- naraḥ
- a man
- kilbiṣam
- sin
- aśnute
- incurs
A wise person should not enter an assembly if he knows the participants there are committing acts of impropriety. And if, having entered such an assembly, he fails to speak the truth, speaks falsely or pleads ignorance, he will certainly incur sin.