gururagnirdvijātīnāṃ varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ |
patireva guruḥ strīṇāṃ sarvasyābhyāgato guruḥ || 01 ||
yathā caturbhiḥ kanakaṃ parīkṣyate
nigharṣaṇacchedanatāpatāḍanaiḥ |
tathā caturbhiḥ puruṣaḥ parīkṣyate
tyāgena śīlena guṇena karmaṇā || 02 ||
tāvadbhayeṣu bhetavyaṃ yāvadbhayamanāgatam |
āgataṃ tu bhayaṃ vīkṣya prahartavyamaśaṅkayā || 03 ||
ekodarasamudbhūtā ekanakṣatrajātakāḥ |
na bhavanti samāḥ śīle yathā badarakaṇṭakāḥ || 04 ||
niḥspṛho nādhikārī syān nākāmo maṇḍanapriyaḥ |
nāvidagdhaḥ priyaṃ brūyātspaṣṭavaktā na vañcakaḥ || 05 ||
mūrkhāṇāṃ paṇḍitā dveṣyā adhanānāṃ mahādhanāḥ |
parāṅganā kulastrīṇāṃ subhagānāṃ ca durbhagāḥ || 06 ||
ālasyopagatā vidyā parahastagataṃ dhanam |
alpabījaṃ hataṃ kṣetraṃ hataṃ sainyamanāyakam || 07 ||
abhyāsāddhāryate vidyā kulaṃ śīlena dhāryate |
guṇena jñāyate tvāryaḥ kopo netreṇa gamyate || 08 ||
vittena rakṣyate dharmo vidyā yogena rakṣyate |
mṛdunā rakṣyate bhūpaḥ satstriyā rakṣyate gṛham || 09 ||
anyathā vedaśāstrāṇi jñānapāṇḍityamanyathā |
anyathā tatpadaṃ śāntaṃ lokāḥ kliśyanti cāhnyathā || 10 ||
dāridryanāśanaṃ dānaṃ śīlaṃ durgatināśanam |
ajñānanāśinī prajñā bhāvanā bhayanāśinī || 11 ||
nāsti kāmasamo vyādhirnāsti mohasamo ripuḥ |
nāsti kopasamo vahnirnāsti jñānātparaṃ sukham || 12 ||
janmamṛtyū hi yātyeko bhunaktyekaḥ śubhāśubham |
narakeṣu patatyeka eko yāti parāṃ gatim || 13 ||
tṛṇaṃ brahmavidaḥ svargastṛṇaṃ śūrasya jīvitam |
jitāśasya tṛṇaṃ nārī niḥspṛhasya tṛṇaṃ jagat || 14 ||
vidyā mitraṃ pravāse ca bhāryā mitraṃ gṛheṣu ca |
vyādhitasyauṣadhaṃ mitraṃ dharmo mitraṃ mṛtasya ca || 15 ||
vṛthā vṛṣṭiḥ samudreṣu vṛthā tṛptasya bhojanam |
vṛthā dānaṃ samarthasya vṛthā dīpo divāpi ca || 16 ||
nāsti meghasamaṃ toyaṃ nāsti cātmasamaṃ balam |
nāsti cakṣuḥsamaṃ tejo nāsti dhānyasamaṃ priyam || 17 ||
adhanā dhanamicchanti vācaṃ caiva catuṣpadāḥ |
mānavāḥ svargamicchanti mokṣamicchanti devatāḥ || 18 ||
satyena dhāryate pṛthvī satyena tapate raviḥ |
satyena vāti vāyuśca sarvaṃ satye pratiṣṭhitam || 19 ||
calā lakṣmīścalāḥ prāṇāścale jīvitamandire |
calācale ca saṃsāre dharma eko hi niścalaḥ || 20 ||
narāṇāṃ nāpito dhūrtaḥ pakṣiṇāṃ caiva vāyasaḥ |
catuṣpādaṃ śaṛgālastu strīṇāṃ dhūrtā ca mālinī || 21 ||
janitā copanetā ca yastu vidyāṃ prayacchati |
annadātā bhayatrātā pañcaite pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ || 22 ||
rājapatnī guroḥ patnī mitrapatnī tathaiva ca |
patnīmātā svamātā ca pañcaitā mātaraḥ smṛtāḥ || 23 ||