A child learns several primary activities at home. More than half of the skills that are needed in life are also learnt at home. Our effort of inner-refinement must also begin at home.  The best laboratory to train life to attain greatness,self-control and selflessness and to become cultured and service-oriented is home itself, It becomes very convenient to do all.  This at home because in family-life there is natural love,sense of duty,mutual defendence and co-operation.  Home is a stable place and is secure from the prying eyes of strangers.
 
Family-life is the backbone of the entire social organisation. Happiness,peace and heavenly atmosphere  of prosperity depends only on its excellence.
 
In the ideal home,children are obedient to their parents.  The parents are well wishers of their children.  The husband and wife's  mutual relationship is sweet and happy.  Only such families always thrie and are happy.
 
Let us husband and wife,look at each other with the gaze of love,always speak sweet words and reside in each other's heart.
 
The ocean control the rivers.  Similarly O wife! you too make the entire family happy, becoming the owner of the house.
 
O bride! By your pleasant nature, do good of the family members with a pure heart.  That will increase happiness and wealth in the home.
 
Benevolent women carryout  every work of home with interest.
 
The mother should become knowledgeable make their children properly educated.  The glory of the society increases when women make the children cultured.  Her sacrifice is as pure as cows.
 
For the benefit and welfare of the children their parents should make them spiritually strong by giving spiritual and other excellent education.
 
Every good householder must fulfill his duty to make his sons and daughters learned,graceful and strong in character through good conduct and education.
 
God has given longevity to all in this world, but man reduces his life span by improper diet and way of living.  Therefore it is the duty of every humanbeing to achieve full life-span by leading a disciplined life.  
 
To achieve  excellence of character and conduct, one must have high level of knowledge,healthy body,stable mind and excellent will power.
 
Our diet should be such as to contribute to the constant growth of our intelligence,longevity and strength.
 
May the power of air never get destroyed from my mouth, nor the vitality of air from the nose, nor vision from the eyes and hearing from the ears.  May my hair not turn grey, may my teeth remains firm and may there be strength in my hands.
 
O mother earth! we grow up in your lap only  and obtain health-giving materials.  Hence when the time comes, may we not retreat from sacrificing our lives for you.
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Ravi