• Agni is the workshipable person for the twice born, the brahmana for the other caste's, the husband for the wife, the guest who comes for food at the midday meal for all.
  • As gold is tested in four ways by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating so a man should be tested by these four things his renunciation, his conduct, his qualities and his actions.
  • A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you , but once it has came upon you try to get rid of it without hesitation.
  • Though persons be born from the same womb and under the same stars, they do not become alike in disposition as the thousands of fruits of the badari tree.
  • He whose hands are clean does not like to hold office, he who desires nothing cares not for bodily decorations, he who is partially educated cannot speak agreeably, and he who speaks out plainly cannot be a deceiver.
  • The learned are envied by the foolish, rich men by the poor, chaste woman by adulteresses, and beautiful ladies by ugly one.
  • Indolent application ruins study, money is lost when entrusted to others, a farmer who sows seeds sparsely is ruined, and army is lost for want of a commander.
  • Learning is retained through putting into practice, family prestige is maintained through good behavior, a respectable person is recognized by his excellent qualities, and anger is seen in the eyes.
  • Religion is preserved by wealth, knowledge by diligent practice, a king by conciliatory words, and a home by dutiful wife.
  • Those who blaspheme vedic wisdom who ridicule the lifestyle recommend in the satras and who deride men of peaceful temperament, come to grief unnecessarily.
  • Charity puts and ends to poverty, righteous conduct to misery, discretionary to ignorance, and scrutiny to fear.
  • There is no disease as lust, no enemy like infatuation, no fire like wrath, and no happiness like spiritual knowledge.
  • A man is born alone and dies alone, and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone, and he alone goes to the hell or the supreme abode.
  • Heaven is but a straw to him who knows spiritual life, so is life to a valiant man, a woman to him who has subdued his senses, and the universe to him who is without attachment for the world.
  • Learning is a friend on the journey, a wife in the house, a medicine in the sickness, and religious merit is the only friend after death.
  • Rain which falls upon the sea is useless, so is food for one who is satiated, in vain is a gift for the one who is wealthy, and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.
  • There is no water like rain water, no strength like one's own, no light like that of eye's, and no wealth more dear than food grain.
  • The poor wish for wealth, animals for the faculty of the speech, men wish for heaven, and godly person's for liberation.
  • The earth is supported by the power of truth, it is the power of the truth that makes the sunshine and the wind blow, indeed all things rest upon the truth.
  • The goddess of wealth is unsteady and so is the life breath. The duration of life is uncertain, and the place of habitation is uncertain, but in all these inconsistent world religious merit alone is immovable.
  • Among man the barber is cunning, among birds the crow, among beasts the jackal and among women the malin.
  • These five are your father's he who gave you birth, girdled you with sacred thread, teaches you, provides you with food, and protects you from fearful situations.
  • These five should be considered as mother's, the King's wife, the preceptors wife, the friend's wife, your wife's mother, and your own mother.