Insignificant is heaven to knowers of Brahma, insignificant is life to the brave, insignificant are women to the conqueror of senses, insignificant is the world to the unattached.

Knowledge is a friend during a journey, a wife is a friend in the house, medicine is a friend in sickness, righteousness is a friend in death.

Useless is rain to the sea, useless is food to the satiated, useless is a donation to the rich, and useless is a lamp to the sun.

No water like rainwater, no strength like Atma, no light like eyes, and no beloved like food.

The poor desire wealth, the four-footed desire speech, humans desire heaven, and the gods desire liberation.

Truth supports the earth, truth heats the sun, truth blows the wind, everything on truth is established.

Moving is Lakshmi, and the moving Prana also moves from one alive temple to another, in this moving-unmoving world, Dharma alone is unmoving.

Among men, the barber is cunning; among birds, the crow; among the four-footed, the jackal; among women, cunning is the flower-girl.

One who gave birth, one who girdles the sacred thread, one who teaches, one who provides food, and one who protects from fear, these five are your fathers, remember.