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The duties under the first heading are : —

1. The duties of parents to children, and of children to parents.

2. The duty between brothers and sisters.

3. The duty between the King and the subjects.

4. The duty between teacher and pupils.

5. The duty between husband and wife.

6. The duty between man and man, and so forth.

As for the duties between you and your relatives, you should obey your elders in everything lawful, and you should love those that are younger than you.

But as regards the duty between husband and wife the general principle of the younger obeying the elder which I have stated above applies equally well to all classes of Hindus, among whom, as a rule.