No messenger can travel about in the sky and no tidings come from there. The voice of its inhabitants as never heard, nor can any contact be established with them. Therefore the brahmana who predicts the eclipse of the sun and moon which occur in the sky must be considered as a vidwan (man of great learning).
The student, the servant, the traveller, the hungry person, the frightened man, the treasury guard, and the steward: these seven ought to be awakened if they fall asleep.
By preparing a garland for a deity with one's own hand; by grinding sandal paste for the lord with one's own hand; and by writing sacred texts with one's own hand - one becomes blessed with opulence equal to that of indra.
My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
Nectar (amrita) is the best among medicines; eating good food is the best of all types of material happiness; the eye is the chief among all organs; and the head occupies the chief position among all parts of the body.
Wise men spend their mornings in discussing gambling, the afternoon discussing the activities of women, and the night hearing about the activities of theft. (The first item above refers to the gambling of king yuddhisthira, the great devotee of krishna. The second item refers to the glorious deeds of mother sita, the consort of lord ramachandra. The third item hints at the adorable childhood pastimes of sri krishna who stole butter from the elderly cowherd ladies of gokula. Hence chanakya pandits advises wise persons to spend the morning absorbed in mahabharata, the afternoon studying ramayana, and the evening devotedly hearing the srimad-bhagvatam.)