In plain words
Unstable is life in the world, unstable are youth and wealth; unstable are wife, sons and the rest; Satya and fame, the two, are stable.
The guru who teaches the truth, seeking one's good, may scold, may give a sound beating; the mother pinches the cheek and makes one drink the medicine; forget not this good word.
What gift is greater than the gift of food? What God is there beyond mother and father? What conduct of Satya is there beyond japa and tapas? What Dharma is higher than compassion? Look: what gain is greater than the company of the good? What enmity is worse than anger? What disease is worse for a man than debt? What death is there on earth worse than ill fame? Truly, what wealth is there beyond good fame? What ornament surpasses remembrance?