He who describes himself to virtuous ,men , in a manner contrary to truth, is the most sinful ,wretch in this world, he is a thief who makes away with his own self. |
He who desires happiness must strive after a perfectly contented disposition and control himself, for happiness has contentment for its root, the root of unhappiness is the contrary ,disposition . |
He who forsakes his mother, his father, or a teacher without a sufficient reason, he who has contracted an alliance with outcasts either through the Veda or through a marriage. |
He who is persevering, gentle, ,and patient, shuns the company of men of cruel conduct, and does no injury ,to living creatures , gains, if he constantly lives in that manner, by controlling his organs and by liberality, heavenly bliss. |
He who prepares food for himself alone , eats nothing but sin, for it is ordained that the food which remains after the performance of the sacrifices shall be the meal of virtuous men. |
He who sells ,for seed corn that which is not seed corn, he who takes up seed ,already sown , and he who destroys a boundary , mark , shall be punished by mutilation. |
He who takes ,to wife a marriageable damsel, shall not pay any nuptial fee to her father, for the ,latter will lose his dominion over her in consequence of his preventing ,the legitimate result of the appearance of her enemies. |
He who takes care of his deceased brother s estate and of his widow, shall, after raising up a son for his brother, give that property even to that ,son . |
He who uses without permission a carriage, a bed, a seat, a well, a garden or a house belonging to an ,other man , takes upon himself one fourth of ,the owner s guilt. |
He who was begotten according to the peculiar law on the appointed wife of a dead man, of a eunuch, or of one diseased, is called a son begotten on a wife . |
He who, having lost his parents or being abandoned ,by them without ,just cause, gives himself to a ,man , is called a son self given. |
He who, recollecting his former existences, again recites the Veda, gains endless bliss by the continual study of the Veda. |
He who, without being a student, gains his livelihood by ,wearing the dress of a student, takes upon himself the guilt of ,all students and is born again in the womb of an animal. |
He whom ,a man receives as his son, ,after he has been deserted by his parents or by either of them, is called a son cast off. |
Hence an ignorant ,man should be afraid of accepting any presents, for by reason of a very small ,gift even a fool sinks ,into hell as a cow into a morass. |