[neeti-78]
वह्निस्तस्य जलायते जलनिधिः कुल्यायते तत्क्षणात्मेरुः स्वल्पशिलायते मृगपतिः सद्यः कुरङ्गायते ।व्यालो माल्यगुणायते विषरसः पीयूषवर्षायतेयस्याङ्गेऽखिललोकवल्लभतरं शीलं समुन्मीलति ॥७८॥vahnistasya jalāyate jalanidhiḥ kulyāyate tatkṣaṇātmeruḥ svalpaśilāyate mṛgapatiḥ sadyaḥ kuraṅgāyate |vyālo mālyaguṇāyate viṣarasaḥ pīyūṣavarṣāyateyasyāṅge'khilalokavallabhataraṃ śīlaṃ samunmīlati ||78||
Translation
(GOOD CHARACTER)
In the presence of a man, in whose personality shines forth the ‘good character’ which attracts the entire world - fire behaves like water; ocean behaves like a stream the next moment! Meru Mountain behaves like a small rock; lion behaves like a pet deer immediately! Even the serpent gets the qualities of a flower garland! Poisonous liquid pours down like the life-giving nectar! ॥ 78 ॥