A fool should be kept afar, for he is a mere two-legged beast, whose inappropriate sharp words pierces like an unseen thorn.

With beauty and youth endowed, and in a large high-status family born, yet men without education are not befitting, just like a fragrantless Kinshuka flower.

By imparting learning to a foolish disciple, by maintaining an evil woman, and by associating with the miserable, even a learned man comes to disgrace.

Having an evil wife, a false friend, and an argumentative servant, is like living in a house with snakes that brings only death, without any doubt.

For times of crisis, wealth should be protected; women should be protected more than wealth; the own self constantly should be protected more than women and more than wealth.

For times of crisis, wealth should be protected by keeping it undisclosed hidden away, meant to be used only in crisis; for perhaps the unsteady Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, may destroy all accumulated disclosed wealth.

Do not live in a country where there is no respect, no livelihood, no relatives, and no scope of learning.

Do not spend even a single day where there are no wealthy persons, no Shrauta mantra knowing Brahmins, no king, no river, and no physician.

Do not get established in a place that is not frequented by people, where people have no fear, no shame, no competency, and no sacrificing ability.