| 78.1.1 |
Nothing in the world is tenderer and weaker than
water. |
| 78.1.2 |
Yet nothing can surpass it in piercing the hard
and strong. |
| 78.1.3 |
For which nothing (can) replace
it. |
| 78.2.1 |
(The fact that) water overcomes the
hard,
(and) the weak overcomes the strong, |
| 78.2.2 |
no
one in the world does not know, |
| 78.2.3 |
(yet) none can practice
(it). |
| 78.3.1 |
So
the sage says: |
| 78.3.2 |
"(He who) is subjected to filth of the country
[i.e. collective stress],
is called master of the
country. |
|
(He) who is subjected to bad omens of the
country,
is called king of the world." |
| 78.3.3 |
Right words seem
reversed. |
