The renunciate is no authority on worldly matters, the non-lecherous does not love decorating himself, the non-expert cannot speak delightfully, the outspoken is not competent as a crook.

The fool envies the learned, the poor envies the rich, the kept-woman envies the family woman, the widow envies the married.

By laziness, the usefulness of knowledge is damaged; by others controlling one’s own wealth, the convenience of wealth is damaged; by sowing little seed, the field is damaged; by having no commander, the army is damaged.

Practice reveals knowledge, conduct reveals lineage, qualities reveal virtue, eyes reveal anger.

Wealth protects religion, application protects knowledge, gentleness protects a king, a good woman protects a home.

Unnecessarily disrespecting the knowledge of the Vedas, unnecessarily devaluing the expertise of the Shastras, unnecessarily deriding men of peaceful disposition; such people come to sorrow unnecessarily.

Charity destroys poverty, righteous conduct destroys misery, awareness destroys ignorance, feeling destroys fear.

No disease like lust, no enemy like attachment, no fire like anger, no happiness like highest knowledge.

Birth and death are faced alone, reaped alone are good and bad deeds, to hell descends one alone, alone one ascends to the highest heaven.