LIV.

280 Behave not greedily in respect of the things (food) of the nobleman,

281 Since the filling of the mouth with the bread of a great man is unstinted (is free to every comer).

282 If he gives to thee for the growth (increase) of his possessions

283 Hate (reject) what is his and keep safe what is thine.

LV.

284 Make no undertaking in company with the noisy, hot-headed man,

285 Or thou wilt be making thyself a friend of a man of moral obliquity.

LVI.

286 If thou art sent on a mission to transport straw

287 Hate (cast away, or reject) the weeds that are (in) it.

LVII.

288 If thine eye lights upon a person who is engaged on a mission of danger

289 Report it not, but dispatch him on his errand and let him return for another occasion.