By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.

A friend, even if he be the enemy's son , should be protected.

A single son endowed with good qualities is far better than a hundred devoid of them.

The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive line of ministers tends to the disclosure of counsels.

If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels tha pai. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.

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 this inconsistent world religious merit alone is immovable.

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.