1“What is authority in the world?
What’s the best of valuables?
What in the world is a rusty sword?
Who is a plague on the world?

2Who gets arrested when they take things away?
And who is loved when they take things away?
And who is approved by the astute
when they come again and again?”

3“Power is authority in the world.
A woman is the best of valuables.
Anger in the world is a rusty sword.
A bandit is a plague on the world.

4A bandit gets arrested when they take things away.
And an ascetic is loved when they take things away.
An ascetic is approved by the astute
when they come again and again.”

1"Kiṁsu issariyaṁ loke,
kiṁsu bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;
Kiṁsu satthamalaṁ loke,
kiṁsu lokasmimabbudaṁ.

2Kiṁsu harantaṁ vārenti,
haranto pana ko piyo;
Kiṁsu punappunāyantaṁ,
abhinandanti paṇḍitā"ti.

3"Vaso issariyaṁ loke,
itthī bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;
Kodho satthamalaṁ loke,
corā lokasmimabbudā.

4Coraṁ harantaṁ vārenti,
haranto samaṇo piyo;
Samaṇaṁ punappunāyantaṁ,
abhinandanti paṇḍitā"ti.