In English
Do not lend your ears to evil talk
If any one starts talking ill of others, go away from that place without lending your cars to such evil talk. In the , was influenced by the words of her servant who instigated her to stop the crowning of and arrange for his banishment as she had some grouse against . Because lent her cars to the evil counsel of , she manoeuvred to send to the forest. Thus both these women earned a bad name for themselves for all time. Among men, you have the example of in the who always bore ill-will towards the and nourished always bad thoughts leading to evil designs. Similarly, looked at with evil eyes and was killed by . did evil deeds. committed the sin of speaking ill of , lent her ears to evil talk, committed the sin of casting evil looks on , nurtured bad feelings and indulged in bad deeds. These are examples to prove how the acts of speaking evil, listening to evil words, thinking evil and doing evil deeds cause one's downfall. Spiritual consists in speaking good, thinking good, seeing good, hearing good and doing good. Excessive talking must also be avoided as it is waste of energy. When one gets weak due to wastage of energy, he is prone to get angry and develop hatred. You must, therefore, use the God-given energy for good purposes. Energy is a divine gift. By curtailing unnecessary, talk and keeping silent, you can conserve energy. "Talk less and work more" is the golden role to be adopted.