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## The Sutra Kritanga Sutra
**Verse 1:**
"O Elder, your father is old! Your sister is young. Your brothers are your own, born of the same womb. Why do you abandon us?"
**Commentary:**
"O son! Your father is old, he has lived more than a hundred years. Your sister, standing before you, is young, she has not yet reached womanhood. These are your brothers, born of the same womb, they are before you. Why do you abandon us?"
**Verse 2:**
"O son! Nourish your mother and father. By doing so, your afterlife will be good. This is the way of the world. People nourish their parents."
**Commentary:**
"O son! Nourish your mother and father. By doing so, your afterlife will be good. This is the way of the world. This is the path of the world, to nourish your elderly parents. It is said:
"Where the elders are revered, where the food is well-prepared, where there is no strife in speech, there, O Indra, I reside."
**Verse 3:**
"O son! Be happy, be joyful. Your wife is young, O father! Do not let her go to another's house."
**Commentary:**
"O son! Be happy, be joyful. Your wife is young, O father! Do not let her go to another's house."