of one's longevity. Knowing this, one should reflect daily what righteous action one has performed. 37. Speaking sweet words to the wicked is like offering a garland of exquisite flowers into the hands of a monkey. 38. Morning Sun, smoke from funeral pyre, coitus with old woman, muddy water and eating curd-rice at night increase ill health day by day. 39. Setting Sun, smoke from Homa (sacrificial pyre), coitus with young woman, pure water and eating milk rice at night increase longevity day by day. 40. One's wealth and properties remain at one's home, sons and relatives take leave at cremation ground. It is one's good and evil actions that accompany oneself after death. 41. Righteousness prevails and not unrighteousness. Truth prevails and not untruth. Patience prevails and not anger. Gods prevail and not demons. 42. Stocking grains, taking care of calves, doing cultivation oneself, serving one's elders – these five habits foster one's family. 43. Treat the child like a prince till the age of 5, like a servant till the age of 15. When the son reaches the age of 16, treat him like a friend. 44. Even a wise man perishes by teaching a fool, contact with evil woman and by resorting to the company of the wicked. 45. Save wealth for difficult times; how can the wealthy have difficulties? If one squanders wealth, one will eventually lose all the accumulated wealth. 46. One's physical body, wealth and other resources are transitory. Death is always at hand. Knowing this, a wise man should strive to do righteous actions. 47. One who plants a holy fig tree, a neem tree, an Indian fig tree, ten tamarind trees; three trees each of pomegranate, wood-apple and Emblic Myrobalan and five trees each of mango and coconut will not suffer Hell. 48. Will Neem ever acquire sweetness even if it is grown on top of a mountain of molasses and watered thousands of times with milk? 49. One who is beneficial is a kinsman though he is a stranger. One who is harmful is an enemy though he is a kinsman. When one is seriously sick, herbs from distant forest are used as medicine. 50. The knowledge confined to books, wealth that is in the custody of others and a son who has gone to foreign countries are useful in name only. 51. Company of wife is as good as the