Family and children

ते पुत्रा ये पितुर्भक्ताः स पिता यस्तु पोषकः । तन्मित्रंयत्रविश्वासःसा भार्या यत्र निवृतिः

te putrā ye piturbhaktāḥ sa pitā yastu poṣakaḥ | tanmitraṃyatraviśvāsaḥsā bhāryā yatra nivṛtiḥ

In plain words: A son is one who respects his father; a father is one who looks after his children; a friend is one in whom you can trust; a spouse is one in whom you find peace.

सत्कुले योजयेत्कन्यां पुत्रं विद्यासु योजतेत् । व्यसने योजयेच्छत्रुं मित्रं धर्मे नियोजयेत्

satkule yojayetkanyāṃ putraṃ vidyāsu yojatet | vyasane yojayecchatruṃ mitraṃ dharme niyojayet

In plain words: Settle a daughter in a good family, set a son to study, put an enemy in trouble and lead a friend to right conduct (dharma).

एकेनापि सुपुत्रेण विद्यायुक्तेन साधुना । आल्हादितं कुलं सर्वं यथा चन्द्रेण शर्वरी

ekenāpi suputreṇa vidyāyuktena sādhunā | ālhāditaṃ kulaṃ sarvaṃ yathā candreṇa śarvarī

In plain words: One good, learned and virtuous child delights a whole family, as the moon lights the night.

लालयेत्पञ्चवर्षाणि दश वर्षाणि ताडयेत । प्राप्ते तु षोडशे वर्षे पुत्रं मित्रवदाचरेत्

lālayetpañcavarṣāṇi daśa varṣāṇi tāḍayeta | prāpte tu ṣoḍaśe varṣe putraṃ mitravadācaret

In plain words: Indulge a child in the first five years, guide with discipline for the next ten, and from sixteen treat him as a friend. (The verse says "beat"; today we read it as firm guidance and do not endorse corporal punishment.)