103. Advancing the Community

No greater dignity exists than when a man resolutely declares,
"I will never cease in laboring to fulfill my karmas." 

One prolongs his clan by prolonged exertion in 
both perseverance and sound understanding. 

When a man vows to advance his community,
God Himself will wrap His robes and lead the way.

When a man's effort to raise his community high is unremitting, 
his work will prosper on its own, even if he makes no plans. 

The world will surround and befriend him
who, without fault, lives to advance his community.

It is said that true manliness consists in becoming
head and provider of the clan one was born into. 

As on a battlefield the burden falls upon the brave,
in the community weight is carried by the most competent.

Those seeking to improve their clan await no season,
for delays and undue regard for dignity will destroy it.

When a man shields his family from every suffering,
doesn't his body become a vessel filled with their afflictions?

Without good men to hold it up, the family home will fall
the moment misfortune's axe comes down.