[neeti-57]
प्रदानं प्रच्छन्नं गृहमुपगते सम्भ्रमविधिःप्रियं कृत्वा मौनं सदसि कथनं चाप्युपकृतेः ।अनुत्सेको लक्ष्म्यामनभिभवगन्धाः परकथाःसतां केनोद्दिष्टं विषममसिधाराव्रतमिदम् ॥५७॥pradānaṃ pracchannaṃ gṛhamupagate sambhramavidhiḥpriyaṃ kṛtvā maunaṃ sadasi kathanaṃ cāpyupakṛteḥ |anutseko lakṣmyāmanabhibhavagandhāḥ parakathāḥsatāṃ kenoddiṣṭaṃ viṣamamasidhārāvratamidam ||57||
Translation
(WALKING ON THE EDGE OF THE SWORD-II)
If charity is given, it is hidden from others (not seeking advertisement). If the house is visited, they offer a welcome with great excitement and affection. After doing the needed thing for others, no mentioning of it in the assembly (no self-glorification); eloquent about the help done by others (grateful for even small helps rendered by others); no great excitement if any wealth is attained (because of equanimity); conversing about others without degrading them in any way; For gaining what, such rigid rules are followed by the good men like following the ‘Vow of standing on the edge of the sword’! ॥ 57 ॥