Poem 353

In plain words

If you do not do the works that please the people, speak pleasantly as you go about, sirs; joining good company and seeing society grow, come to love karma, sirs; leaving the nature of the beast, you must become Paśupati; work for the uplift of living beings, sirs; the heart that has compassion becomes the temple of God; the heart without compassion is a demon, sirs. Casting out ego, the slander of others and that vile rot, the feeling that Īśvara is in all beings, everywhere, never letting it go, unceasingly, live so, and do not forget such a good word!