Services dutifully done to the preceptor destroys sin. Pride destroys even great fame. The possession of three children removes the reproach of childlessness, and the possession of ten kine removes the reproach of poverty.
कल्मषं गुरुशुश्रूषा हन्ति मानो महद् यशः। अपुत्रतां त्रयः पुत्रा आवृत्तिं दश धेनवः॥