anṛtaṃ sāhasaṃ māyā mūrkhatvamatilobhitā |
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aśaucatvaṃ nirdayatvaṃ strīṇāṃ doṣāḥ svabhāvajāḥ || 01 ||
bhojyaṃ bhojanaśaktiśca ratiśaktirvarāṅganā |
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vibhavo dānaśaktiśca nālpasya tapasaḥ phalam || 02 ||
yasya putro vaśībhūto bhāryā chandānugāminī |
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vibhave yaśca santuṣṭastasya svarga ihaiva hi || 03 ||
te putrā ye piturbhaktāḥ sa pitā yastu poṣakaḥ |
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tanmitraṃ yatra viśvāsaḥ sā bhāryā yatra nirvṛtiḥ || 04 ||
parokṣe kāryahantāraṃ pratyakṣe priyavādinam |
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varjayettādṛśaṃ mitraṃ viṣakumbhaṃ payomukham || 05 ||
na viśvasetkumitre ca mitre cāpi na viśvaset |
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kadācitkupitaṃ mitraṃ sarvaṃ guhyaṃ prakāśayet || 06 ||
manasā cintitaṃ kāryaṃ vācā naiva prakāśayet |
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mantreṇa rakṣayedgūḍhaṃ kārye cāpi niyojayet || 07 ||
kaṣṭaṃ ca khalu mūrkhatvaṃ kaṣṭaṃ ca khalu yauvanam |
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kaṣṭātkaṣṭataraṃ caiva paragehanivāsanam || 08 ||
śaile śaile ca māṇikyaṃ mauktikaṃ na gaje gaje |
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sādhavo na hi sarvatra candanaṃ na vane vane || 09 ||
putrāśca vividhaiḥ śīlairniyojyāḥ satataṃ budhaiḥ |
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nītijñāḥ śīlasampannā bhavanti kulapūjitāḥ || 10 ||
mātā śatruḥ pitā vairī yābhyāṃ bālā na pāṭhitāḥ |
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sabhāmadhye na śobhante haṃsamadhye bako yathā || 11 ||
lālanādbahavo doṣāstāḍane bahavo guṇāḥ |
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tasmātputraṃ ca śiṣyaṃ ca tāḍayenna tu lālayet || 12 ||
ślokena vā tadardhena tadardhārdhākṣareṇa vā |
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abandhyaṃ divasaṃ kuryāddānādhyayanakarmabhiḥ || 13 ||
kāntāviyogaḥ svajanāpamānaṃ
ṛṇasya śeṣaṃ kunṛpasya sevā |
dāridryabhāvādvimukhaṃ ca mitraṃ
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vināgninā pañca dahanti kāyam || 14 ||
nadītīre ca ye vṛkṣāḥ parageheṣu kāminī |
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mantrahīnāśca rājānaḥ śīghraṃ naśyantyasaṃśayam || 15 ||
balaṃ vidyā ca viprāṇāṃ rājñāṃ sainyaṃ balaṃ tathā |
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balaṃ vittaṃ ca vaiśyānāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ pāricaryakam || 16 ||
nirdhanaṃ puruṣaṃ veśyā prajā bhagnaṃ nṛpaṃ tyajet |
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khagā vītaphalaṃ vṛkṣaṃ bhuktvā cābhyāgato gṛham || 17 ||
gṛhītvā dakṣiṇāṃ viprāstyajanti yajamānakam |
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prāptavidyā guruṃ śiṣyā dagdhāraṇyaṃ mṛgāstathā || 18 ||
durācārī durādṛṣṭirdurāvāsī ca durjanaḥ |
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yanmaitrī kriyate pumbhirnaraḥ śīghraṃ vinaśyati || 19 ||
samāne śobhate prītiḥ rājñi sevā ca śobhate |
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vāṇijyaṃ vyavahāreṣu divyā strī śobhate gṛhe || 20 ||