Rivers, armed men, clawed and horned beasts, should not be trusted, including women, and members of the royal family.

An intelligent man does not like an ugly woman, even if she belongs to a high-status family, and also does not like a woman from a low-status family, even if she is beautiful; thus, marriage among equal status is prescribed.

One who discards certainty in favour of uncertainty; certainly destroys certainty; and uncertainty is destroyed as it is.

In need, in addiction, in receiving, in famine, in danger from enemies, in the royal court, in the crematorium, one who does not forsake, is a relative.

Know the true nature of servants by putting them at work, of a relative when one is suffering a calamity, of a friend when one is facing an adversity, and of a wife when one’s wealth is lost.

Do not get established in a place that is not frequented by people, where people have no fear, no shame, no competency, and no sacrificing ability.

Do not spend even a single day where there are no wealthy persons, no Shrauta mantra knowing Brahmins, no king, no river, and no physician.

Do not live in a country where there is no respect, no livelihood, no relatives, and no scope of learning.

For times of crisis, wealth should be protected by keeping it undisclosed hidden away, meant to be used only in crisis; for perhaps the unsteady Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, may destroy all accumulated disclosed wealth.

For times of crisis, wealth should be protected; women should be protected more than wealth; the own self constantly should be protected more than women and more than wealth.