He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, | ◦•● 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 ●•◦
He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise - although he may be the greatest personality - will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?
The hand is not so well adorned by ornaments as by charitable offerings; one does not become clean by smearing sandalwood paste upon the body as by taking a bath; one does not become so much satisfied by dinner as by having respect shown to him; and salvation is not attained by self-adornment but by cultivation of spiritual knowledge.
