O foremost of men, listen to the merits and demerits, as we indicate, that respectively arise from associating with what is good and what is bad.
श्रूयतां चाभिधास्यामो गुणदोषान् नरर्षभाः। शुभाशुभाधिवासेन संसर्गः कुरुते यथा॥