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He who possesses character and discrimination, who is just,

speaks the truth, and does what is his own business, him the

world will hold dear.

He in whom a desire for the ineffable has sprung up,

whose mind is permeated by this desire and whose thoughts

are not bewildered by sensuality is said to be ‘bound up-

stream’.

Kinsmen, friends and well-wishers salute a man who has

been long away and returns safe from afar.

In like manner his good works receive him, who has done

good and has gone from this world to the other — as kinsmen

receive one who is dear to them on his return.

He who holds back rising anger like a rolling chariot, him I

call a real driver; other people are but holding the reins.

Let a man overcome anger by mildness, let him overcome

the niggard by liberty, the liar by truth.

ere is an old saying, O Atula, it is not only of today: ‘ey

blame him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much,

they blame him who says little’. ere is no one in the world who

is not blamed.

ere never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a man

who is always blamed, or a man who is always praised.

Beware of bodily anger, and control thy body. Leave the sins

of the body and with thy body practise virtue.

Beware of the anger of the tongue and control thy tongue.

Leave the sins of the tongue and practise virtue with the

tongue.

Beware of the anger of the mind and control thy mind. Leave

the sins of the mind and practise virtue with thy mind.

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