Thou hast caused me to speak, but this people take it amiss.
Each of them struggles for what pleases him.
If we give a patient a strong decoction, he raves and clenches his teeth.
He asks for food he ought not to eat, and if forbidden it, he weeps.
The physician knows what to enjoin; disobedience to him means death.
No third person should give orders; just diet must make the medicine effective.
The love of wealth or wife is a stepping-stone to hell.
Tuka says, With respect to these you must do as you think fit.
Each of them struggles for what pleases him.
If we give a patient a strong decoction, he raves and clenches his teeth.
He asks for food he ought not to eat, and if forbidden it, he weeps.
The physician knows what to enjoin; disobedience to him means death.
No third person should give orders; just diet must make the medicine effective.
The love of wealth or wife is a stepping-stone to hell.
Tuka says, With respect to these you must do as you think fit.