In indigestion, if water is drunk, then water is a medicine; after food is digested, if water is drunk, then water gives strength to the body; if water is sipped in-between while eating, then water is nectar; if water is drunk at the end of a meal, then water is poison.

Knowledge is damaged because it is not applied; a man is helpless because he is ignorant; an army is damaged because there is no commander; and a woman is utterly ruined because she devalues, discards, and disgraces her husband.

The death of one’s wife when one is old; relatives controlling one’s wealth; and depending on others for one’s food; these three are disappointing dilemmas for a man.

No fire offering is performed without the Veda; no charity is done without the act of giving; no feelings are felt without accomplishing anything; hence for all, love alone is the cause.

No god resides in wood, nor in stone, nor in clay; in feeling only resides god, therefore feeling is the only reason.

No greater austerity than maintaining peace, no greater happiness than contentment, no greater disease than thirst, and no greater religion than mercy.

Anger is Yama, king of death; thirst is Vaitarani, the river of hell; knowledge is Kamadughadhenu, the unending milk giving cow; and contentment is Nandan, the heaven’s garden.

Virtue ornaments beauty, conduct ornaments lineage, perfection ornaments knowledge, enjoyment ornaments wealth.

Lack of virtue tarnishes beauty, bad conduct tarnishes lineage, non-perfection tarnishes knowledge, improper utilization tarnishes wealth.