In English
Lean on your own strength and skill
There is also another responsibility that devolves upon the parent. He must live the householder’s life, as laid down in the (Scriptures on Righteousness), so that a picture of a pure happy life may be imprinted on the young mind. If the parent is a drunkard; a gambler, and a cheat, no amount of textbook ethics can cure the son. I like children and the young innocents. I will not allow them to be blamed. The fault lies wholly on the shoulders of the elders, the parents the leaders who shape the norms which they imbibe. , the blind father, encouraged his hundred sons in their nefarious plots to bring about the destruction of the five cousins and thus paved the way for their own total annihilation. He did not teach them by precept and example, the lessons of love, sacrifice and contentment. Do not lean upon others; lean on your own strength and skill. Live on your own earnings, your own resources. Self-reliance is the best food for growing young men. It is best to live with honour for just a day than with dishonour for many decades; better a short lived (swan) than a century-lived crow. The is adored by all; the crow is detested and stoned off. Do not crave for the property of others or for things that can be got by trickery or dishonourable means. Earn by the sweat of your brow, then, you can be proud and happy, when you spend it.