This sutura gives example about the purpose of relationship. A son of enemy who wants to uproot his own father, should be treated as friend and shold be protected. This may be called opportunism but is and should be necessary part of polity and statesmanship. Moreover, if a father is not aan upright man to have friendship with his sone can be a meritorious peson. So it is better to protecdt him.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.

Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and goes as he pleases.

He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.

My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.