अर्थातुराणां न गुरुर्न बन्धुः कामातुराणां न भयं न लज्जा ।
विद्यातुराणां न सुखं न निद्रा क्षुधातुराणां न रुचिर्न वेला ॥
Those driven by material gain see none as their teacher or relative,
Those driven by lust see no fear nor propriety.
Those striving for learning know no comfort nor rest,
Those driven by hunger consider no taste nor timeliness.
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः ।
एवं सामाजिकं धर्मं चातुर्वर्ण्येऽब्रवीन्मनुः ॥
Manu prescribed these for all four Varnas :
Non-violence, Truth, Non-stealing, Cleanliness,
Controlling one's senses and impulses,
As the code of social conduct.
आचारः परमो धर्मः श्रुत्युक्तः स्मार्त एव च ।
तस्मादस्मिन् सदा युक्तो नित्यं स्यादात्मवान् द्विजः ॥
Right conduct is extolled as the highest pursuit by both the Vedas and the Dharma Shastras.
Therefore, a Brahmin seeking the Highest Truth should adhere to it always.
आदौ माता गुरोः पत्नी ब्राह्मणी राजपत्निका ।
धेनुर्धात्री तथा पृथ्वी सप्तैता मातरः स्मृताः ॥
Foremost, one's biological mother, then the Teacher's wife,
Then a Brahmin woman, then the queen.
Then the cow, the provider, and finally, Earth, are revered as seven mothers.
तज्जयः सम्पदां मार्गो येनेष्टं तेन गम्यताम् ॥
The pathway to danger and ruin is the non-mastery of the senses.
Control of senses is the pathway to prosperity.
Clearly, therefore, one can choose one's path between them.
