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One should offer seating, lodging, and respectful worship proportionate to the guest's virtue—best to the best, least to the least, and equal to equal...
No guest should remain unhonored in one’s house—whether with a seat, water, food, or fruits, do your best to show hospitality.
A twice-born who eats with feet on the seat or blows on food is lowly—such impure acts are akin to eating beef.
Affection is shown through play: for children in the lap, for youth on the bed, and for the beloved across the bosom—three modes of loving care.
Enemies attack when carelessness is visible—in seating, sleep, travel, drink, food, or wealth.
In how one sits, lies, or rides—character reveals itself, especially in corrupt men whose nature overpowers pretense.
O cloud! You’ve hoarded countless teardrops of the thirsty birds but denied them even a single drop in return. A poetic rebuke.
Death draws nearer daily, like a prisoner being taken for execution—step by step, we move toward our end.
Ponds and wells give precious but limited water; only rivers provide abundance and accessibility. A metaphor for choosing enduring resources.
As dawn arrives, courtesans return from clients like lamps that glow only in darkness—symbolizing impermanence in pleasure.
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