मात्रा समं नास्ति शरीरपोषणं
चिन्तासमं नास्ति शरीरशोषणम् ।
भार्यासमं नास्ति शरीरतोषणं
विद्यासमं नास्ति शरीरभूषणम् ॥
mātrā samaṁ nāsti śarīra-poṣaṇaṁ
cintā-samaṁ nāsti śarīra-śoṣaṇam |
bhāryā-samaṁ nāsti śarīra-toṣaṇaṁ
vidyā-samaṁ nāsti śarīra-bhūṣaṇam ||
(Unknown source)
“There is nothing nourishing to the body like a mother’s care. There is nothing draining to the body like anxiety. There is nothing satisfying to the body like a wife. And there is no ornament on the body like knowledge.”