(It is asserted by the wise) that even a single interview with the virtuous is highly desirable. Friendship with them is much more so. Communion with the righteous is never without fruit. So one should always associate with the virtuous.
सतां सकृत्संगतमीप्सितं परं ततः परं मित्रमिति प्रचक्षते। न चाफलं सत्पुरुषेण सङ्गतं ततः सतां सन्निवसेत् सपागमे॥