Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
सहायाः सुहृदोप्यत्र दुष्प्रापाः संहिता किल । दुर्लभे जीविते नृणां सुखस्पर्शोऽतिदुर्लभः ॥ ५२॥
IAST
sahāyāḥ suhṛdopyatra duṣprāpāḥ saṃhitā kila | durlabhe jīvite nṛṇāṃ sukhasparśo'tidurlabhaḥ || 52||
English
‘Helpful companions and true friends are difficult to obtain together. Human life itself is rare, and within it even the slightest touch of genuine happiness is rarer still.’