परमोऽनुग्रहो दण्डो भृत्येषु प्रभुणार्पित: । बालो न वेद तत्तन्वि बन्धुकृत्यममर्षण: ॥ २२ ॥
paramo ’nugraho dando bhrtyesu prabhunarpitah balo na veda tat tanvi bandhu-krtyam amarsanah
- paramah
- supreme
- anugrahah
- mercy
- dandah
- punishment
- bhrtyesu
- upon the servants
- prabhuna
- by the master
- arpitah
- awarded
- balah
- foolish
- na
- does not
- veda
- know
- tat
- that
- tanvi
- O slender maiden
- bandhu-krtyam
- the duty of a friend
- amarsanah
- angry.
My dear slender maiden, when a master chastises his servant, the servant should accept this as great mercy. One who becomes angry must be very foolish not to know that such is the duty of his friend.