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करे श्लाघ्यस्त्यागः शिरसि गुरुपादप्रणयितामुखे सत्या वाणी विजयिभुजयोर्वीर्यमतुलम् ।हृदि स्वच्छा वृत्तिः श्रुतमधिगतं च श्रवणयोर्विनाप्यैश्वर्येण प्रकृतिमहतां मण्डनमिदम् ॥५३॥kare ślāghyastyāgaḥ śirasi gurupādapraṇayitāmukhe satyā vāṇī vijayibhujayorvīryamatulam |hṛdi svacchā vṛttiḥ śrutamadhigataṃ ca śravaṇayorvināpyaiśvaryeṇa prakṛtimahatāṃ maṇḍanamidam ||53||
Translation
(THE QUALITIES OF GOOD MEN- III)
(What ornaments do the noble choose to wear?) Sacrifice that is praiseworthy in the hand (not the bracelet); saluting the feet of the elders by bending the head (not a bejeweled crown); truthful speech in the mouth (not fragrant betel-chewing); extreme courage in the victorious shoulders (not arm-lets); a heart willed with pure thoughts (not the chest decorated by garlands); ears turned towards listening to discourses on scriptures (not the ear-ornaments); Even without any wealth, these become the ornaments for the noble, by their very nature! (They always are adorned by these ornaments.) ॥ 53 ॥