अपि कष्टतरां प्राप्तैर्दशां विवशतां गतैः । मनागपि न संत्याज्या मानवैः साधुसंगतिः ॥ ८ ॥
api kaṣṭatarāṁ prāptairdaśāṁ vivaśatāṁ gataiḥ | manāgapi na saṁtyājyā mānavaiḥ sādhusaṁgatiḥ || 8 ||
Translation
Even by those who have fallen into the harshest state and become helpless, the company of the good is not to be given up for a moment.
Word by word
- api
- even
- kaṣṭatarāṁ
- the harshest
- prāptair
- (prāptaiḥ) by those who have fallen into
- daśāṁ
- state
- vivaśatām
- helpless
- gataiḥ
- who have become
- manāg
- (manāk) for a moment
- na
- not
- saṁtyājyā
- is to be given up
- mānavaiḥ
- by people
- sādhu
- of the good
- saṁgatiḥ
- the company
Meaning
The commentary: however great the misfortune, however complete the dependence on others, it should not be left even for an instant. Hard times are when people most often drift from good company, from shame, from pressure of affairs or from despair. The verse names that moment and says: then above all.