As the vision is, so goes the brain, so is the occupation envisioned, so are the helpers, so is the visionary’s competency.

Time digests earthly beings, time kills the population, time remains awake when all sleep, time alone is of farthest going.

One blind by birth cannot see the faults, one blinded by lust cannot see the faults, one maddened by pride cannot see the faults, one who is rich cannot see the faults.

The soul oneself performs actions, oneself bears its fruits, oneself roams the world, oneself frees from it.

The king suffers the sins created by the kingdom, the priest suffers the sins created by the king, the husband suffers the sins created by the wife, the Guru suffers the sins created by the disciple.

A debt-creating father is an enemy, an adulteress mother is an enemy, a beautiful wife is an enemy, an uneducated son is an enemy.

The greedy is won over by wealth, the egoist is won over by showing respect, the fool is won over by fooling as per his liking, the learned is won over by telling the truth.

Better to have no kingdom than to have a badly ruled kingdom, better to have no friends than to have bad friends, better to have no disciple than to have a bad disciple, better to have no wife than to have a bad wife.

In a kingdom ruled by an evil king, how can the subjects be happy? In a bad friend’s friendship, how can one be at peace? With an evil wife, how can there be love in a home? By teaching a bad disciple, how can one gain renown?