Unen-unen

Pitutur luhur iki tansah ngelingake marang bebrayan Jawa, amrih nyingkiri tumindak ala sarta sifat umuk ana ing pasrawungan panguripan saben dinane. Sifat andhap asor, lembah manah kosok balen karo watak adigang, adigung lan adiguna, kang ngumukake dhirine dumeh lagi duwe kekuwatan kang gedhe, rosa, kaluwihan tinimbang liyane sahengga nduweni watak umuk.
Adigang, gambaran watak kidang kang ngumukake dumeh playune banter, lincah lan cepet. Adigung, gambaran sifate gajah kang ngendelake yen awake gedhe, rosa lan mesthi menang tinimbang kewan liyane. Adiguna, gambaran sifate ula kang ngumukake dumeh duwe wisa kang mandi, ganas lan bisa pepati.
Drs Pardi Suratno MHum lan Henniy Astiyanto SH nulisake ing bukune Gusti Ora Sare ‘65 Mutiara Nilai Kearifan Budaya Jawa’ nandhesake, minangka bebrayan Jawa wis samesthine yen tansah munjerake watak andhap asor lan lembah manah. Tansah ngajeni wong liya ana ing pasrawungan, jalaran sadhar menawa urip kuwi kudu tulung-tinulung, siji lan sijine. Mbutuhake bantuane wong liya, mula aja banjur rumangsa paling kuwat, pinter, apa maneh nalikane nduweni wewenang ana masarakat.
Apamaneh yen kabeh kaluwihane mau banjur kanggo nyilakake wong liya, gawe rugine masarakat lan sapanunggalane. Nalikane duwe panguwasa, aja nganti gawe kuciwane rakyat utawa andhahane. Kanthi nduweni sifat andhap asor lan lembah manah, minangka pimpinan bisa kanggo panutan tumrap masarakat ana madyaning pasrawungan. Minangka wong sing duwe panguwasa, wewenang, kekuwatan, kalungguhan, nyadhari menawa kabeh mau mung amanat kang kudu ditindakake kanthi becik. Kalungguhan kang saya dhuwur, kaluwihan ilmu kang saya jembar, panguwasa kang saya gedhe, aja nganti ndadekake sifat umuk ana sangarepe wong akeh. Jalaran kabeh mau sifate mung gadhuhan saka Kang Maha Kuwasa, mula yen sawayah-wayah dijaluk maneh statuse bakal bali kaya wingi uni maneh.
Duweya ngelmu pari, saya tuwa saya ndhungkluk lan saya isi, tegese saya tuwa umure, saya dhuwur ilmune, saya gedhe panguwasane, wong mau kudu andhap asor, lembah manah, gambaran sawijining sikep kang dilandhesi lan keyakinan menawa isih akeh kekurangane

Dhandhanggula

Pawitane wong urip puniki, pan sadasa lamun datan bisa, nistha kuciwa dadine, dhihin karêm ing ngelmu, kaping kalih bisa angaji, ping tiga bisa maca, ping sakawanipun, kudu ahlul anênurat, kaping lima wignya anitih turanggi, ping nêm bisa bêksa.

Kaping pitu kudu wruh ing gêndhing, kaping wolu apan kudu bisa, têmbung kawi têmbang gêdhe, ping sanga bisa iku, ulah yudha gêlaring jurit, limpad pasanging grahita, ping sadasanipun, wong urip wekasan lena, den-prayitna ing pati patitis, patitis ing kamuksan.

In the Dhandhanggula Meter

The skills one needs starting out in life are ten. Whoever does not have them will be of low status and disappointing. First is a love of knowledge; second, the ability to recite holy book; third, the ability to read; fourth, the ability to write; fifth, equestrian skills; sixth, the ability to dance.

Seventh is ability in music; eighth a knowledge of literary vocabulary and high poetry; ninth is skill in military arts and tactics; high spiritual attainment is tenth. Life must end in death. Learn the right way of dying, the skill of separating from the body.