वासे बहूनां कलहो भवेद् वार्ता द्वयोरपि । एक एव वसेत्तस्मात् कुमार्या इव कङ्कण: ॥ १० ॥
vāse bahūnāṁ kalaho bhaved vārtā dvayor api eka eva vaset tasmāt kumāryā iva kaṅkaṇaḥ
- vāse
- in a residence
- bahūnām
- of many people
- kalahaḥ
- quarrel
- bhavet
- will be
- vārtā
- conversation
- dvayoḥ
- of two people
- api
- even
- ekaḥ
- alone
- eva
- certainly
- vaset
- one should live
- tasmāt
- therefore
- kumāryāḥ
- of the young girl
- iva
- like
- kaṅkaṇaḥ
- the bracelet
When many people live together in one place there will undoubtedly be quarreling. And even if only two people live together there will be frivolous conversation and disagreement. Therefore, to avoid conflict, one should live alone, as we learn from the example of the bracelet of the young girl.