100.Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
101.Even though a Gatha (poem) be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of a Gatha is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
102.Though a man recite a hundred Gathas made up of senseless words, one word of the law is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
103.If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.
104, 105.One's own self conquered is better than all other people; not even a god, a Gandharva, not Mara with Brahman could change into defeat the victory of a man who has vanquished himself, and always lives under restraint.
106.If a man for a hundred years sacrifice month after month with a thousand, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.
107.If a man for a hundred years worship Agni (fire) in the forest, and if he but for one moment pay homage to a man whose soul is grounded (in true knowledge), better is that homage than sacrifice for a hundred years.
108.Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering or as an oblation for a whole year in order to gain merit, the whole of it is not worth a quarter (a farthing); reverence shown to the righteous is better.
109.He who always greets and constantly reveres the aged, four things will increase to him, viz.life, beauty, happiness, power.
110.But he who lives a hundred years, vicious and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is virtuous and reflecting.
111.And he who lives a hundred years, ignorant and unrestrained, a life of one day is better if a man is wise and reflecting.
112.And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.
113.And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing beginning and end, a life of one day is better if a man sees beginning and end.
114.And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing the immortal place, a life of one day is better if a man sees the immortal place.
115.And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing the highest law, a life of one day is better if a man sees the highest law.
