kasya doṣaḥ kule nāsti vyādhinā ko na pīḍitaḥ |
vyasanaṃ kena na prāptaṃ kasya saukhyaṃ nirantaram || 01 ||
ācāraḥ kulamākhyāti deśamākhyāti bhāṣaṇam |
sambhramaḥ snehamākhyāti vapurākhyāti bhojanam || 02 ||
sukule yojayetkanyāṃ putraṃ vidyāsu yojayet |
vyasane yojayecchatruṃ mitraṃ dharmeṇa yojayet || 03 ||
durjanasya ca sarpasya varaṃ sarpo na durjanaḥ |
sarpo daṃśati kāle tu durjanastu pade pade || 04 ||
etadarthe kulīnānāṃ nṛpāḥ kurvanti saṅgraham |
ādimadhyāvasāneṣu na te gacchanti vikriyām || 05 ||
pralaye bhinnamaryādā bhavanti kila sāgarāḥ |
sāgarā bhedamicchanti pralaye'pi na sādhavaḥ || 06 ||
mūrkhastu prahartavyaḥ pratyakṣo dvipadaḥ paśuḥ |
bhidyate vākya-śalyena adṛśaṃ kaṇṭakaṃ yathā || 07 ||
rūpayauvanasampannā viśālakulasambhavāḥ |
vidyāhīnā na śobhante nirgandhāḥ kiṃśukā yathā || 08 ||
kokilānāṃ svaro rūpaṃ strīṇāṃ rūpaṃ pativratam |
vidyā rūpaṃ kurūpāṇāṃ kṣamā rūpaṃ tapasvinām || 09 ||
tyajedekaṃ kulasyārthe grāmasyārthe kulaṃ tyajet |
grāmaṃ janapadasyārthe ātmārthe pṛthivīṃ tyajet || 10 ||
udyoge nāsti dāridryaṃ japato nāsti pātakam |
maunena kalaho nāsti nāsti jāgarite bhayam || 11 ||
atirūpeṇa vā sītā atigarveṇa rāvaṇaḥ |
atidānādbalirbaddho hyatisarvatra varjayet || 12 ||
ko hi bhāraḥ samarthānāṃ kiṃ dūraṃ vyavasāyinām |
ko videśaḥ suvidyānāṃ kaḥ paraḥ priyavādinām || 13 ||
ekenāpi suvṛkṣeṇa puṣpitena sugandhinā |
vāsitaṃ tadvanaṃ sarvaṃ suputreṇa kulaṃ yathā || 14 ||
ekena śuṣkavṛkṣeṇa dahyamānena vahninā |
dahyate tadvanaṃ sarvaṃ kuputreṇa kulaṃ yathā || 15 ||
ekenāpi suputreṇa vidyāyuktena sādhunā |
āhlāditaṃ kulaṃ sarvaṃ yathā candreṇa śarvarī || 16 ||
kiṃ jātairbahubhiḥ putraiḥ śokasantāpakārakaiḥ |
varamekaḥ kulālambī yatra viśrāmyate kulam || 17 ||
lālayetpañcavarṣāṇi daśavarṣāṇi tāḍayet |
prāpte tu ṣoḍaśe varṣe putre mitravadācaret || 18 ||
upasarge'nyacakre ca durbhikṣe ca bhayāvahe |
asādhujanasamparke yaḥ palāyetsa jīvati || 19 ||
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yasyaiko'pi na vidyate |
ajāgalastanasyeva tasya janma nirarthakam || 20 ||
mūrkhā yatra na pūjyante dhānyaṃ yatra susañcitam |
dāmpatye kalaho nāsti tatra śrīḥ svayamāgatā || 21 ||