Guilelessness and simplicity, purity and contentment, sweetness of speech and self-restraint, truth and steadiness,—these are never the attributes of the wicked. Self-knowledge and steadiness, patience and devotion to virtue, competence to keep counsels and charity,—these, O Bharata, never exist in inferior men. Fools seek to injure the wise by false reproaches and evil speeches. The consequence is, that by this they take upon themselves the sins of the wise, while the latter, freed from their sins, are forgiven.

In plain words: Honesty, purity, contentment, kind speech, self-control and truthfulness are never found in wicked people, nor are patience, generosity and self-knowledge in low-minded people. When fools insult and slander the wise, they take the sins upon themselves, while the wise are freed.