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प्राणाघातान्निवृत्तिः परधनहरणे संयमः सत्यवाक्यंकाले शक्त्या प्रदानं युवतिजनकथामूकभावः परेषाम् ।तृष्णास्रोतोविभङ्गो गुरुषु च विनयः सर्वभूतानुकम्पासामान्यः सर्वशास्त्रेष्वनुपहतविधिः श्रेयसामेष पन्थाः ॥५४॥prāṇāghātānnivṛttiḥ paradhanaharaṇe saṃyamaḥ satyavākyaṃkāle śaktyā pradānaṃ yuvatijanakathāmūkabhāvaḥ pareṣām |tṛṣṇāsrotovibhaṅgo guruṣu ca vinayaḥ sarvabhūtānukampāsāmānyaḥ sarvaśāstreṣvanupahatavidhiḥ śreyasāmeṣa panthāḥ ||54||
Translation
(THE QUALITIES OF GOOD MEN- IV)
Avoidance of killing other beings (for food or pleasure); control of the mind by not stealing the money of others (to fulfill one’s desires); truthful speech (no fakeness); charity at needed times as per one’s capacity; silent (disinterested) when discussion is about other young girls (because of the faithful love for one’s spouse); damming the floods of desires of the needy (by trying to provide what they want); politeness in the presence of the elders; compassion towards all beings; and equal mindedness towards all; discipline of studying all scriptures regularly without a break; These are the paths followed by the great! ॥ 54 ॥