Chapter IX

#	Sanskrit Original	Translation by Y. Subrahmanya Sarma	Translation by Swami Bhuteshananda	Translation by Swami Sivananda
43.	दुःसङ्गः सर्वथैव त्याज्यः॥	Evil association should be shunned by all manner of means.	The company of the unholy should be avoided by all means.	Evil company should be certainly avoided by all means.
44.	कामक्रोधमोहस्मृतिभ्रंशबुद्धिनाशसर्वनाशकारणत्वात्॥	For it is the cause of desire, anger, delusion, loss of memory, loss of intellect and utter ruin.	This is because, (the company of the unholy) brings in its train lust, anger, infatuation, loss of remembrance of God, loss of the power of reasoning and complete ruin.	Because it is the cause of lust, anger, infatuation, lapse of memory, loss of intellectual power and complete destruction.
45.	तरङ्गायिता अपीमे सङ्गात्समुद्रायन्ति॥	These are in themselves like little waves, but through association become a veritable sea.	Because of unholy company, these things, even though begun as a ripple, gradually turn into an ocean.	These evil propensities, though they are ripples at first, ultimately expand into an ocean through evil company.