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Even after destroying enemies, we don’t boast of our strength. Let the lord of Sindhu be praised—his fiery glance suffices.
Killing an unarmed man causes one to be reborn as a donkey; killing women, children, or innocents leads to even lower births.
Meat (sacrifice) offered without cruelty, not using weapons but purified in thought—this is the ideal meat in spiritual terms.
Desires burn the restless mind like wind-toppled huts; the world, like the moon's reflection on water, is unstable—give up sensory delusion.
The greedy suffer worse than the poor—sleepless, anxious, haunted by kings and thieves, eating stale food.
This entire world is transient, fleeting like the banana tree. Equality or permanence is a myth here.
A king who collects taxes from unpunished thieves causes his kingdom to collapse and loses heaven.
A king without scripture-based vision is like a blind man. Better to be blind than to see but walk the wrong path due to arrogance.
Do not heed the opinions of those ignorant of the scriptures, especially if they seek great wealth without understanding governance.
Studying poetry or Vedic rites is meaningless for the untrained—like performing yajnas without formal initiation.
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