No deliberation made by a single person will be successful; the nature of the work which a sovereign has to do is to be inferred from the consideration of both the visible and invisible causes. The clearance of doubts as to whatever is susceptible of two opinions, and the inference of the whole when only a part is seen is possible of decision only by ministers. Hence the king shall sit at deliberation with persons of wide intellect.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.

The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

Do not pass between two brahmanas, between a brahmana and his sacrificial fire, between a wife and her husband, a master and his servant, and a plough and an ox.