यावन्नोदितमुच्चैस्त्वं सज्जनासङ्गसङ्गतः ।यावन्मौर्ख्यं न संक्षीणं तावच्चित्तादिनिम्नता
In plain words
As long as eminence has not arisen through close company with the good, as long as folly has not been worn away -- so long is there the downward drag of citta and the rest.