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ऐश्वर्यस्य विभूषणं सुजनता शौर्यस्य वाक्संयमोज्ञानस्योपशमः श्रुतस्य विनयो वित्तस्य पात्रे व्ययः ।अक्रोधस्तपसः क्षमा प्रभवितुर्धर्मस्य निर्व्याजतासर्वेषामपि सर्वकारणमिदं शीलं परं भूषणम् ॥८०॥aiśvaryasya vibhūṣaṇaṃ sujanatā śauryasya vāksaṃyamojñānasyopaśamaḥ śrutasya vinayo vittasya pātre vyayaḥ |akrodhastapasaḥ kṣamā prabhaviturdharmasya nirvyājatāsarveṣāmapi sarvakāraṇamidaṃ śīlaṃ paraṃ bhūṣaṇam ||80||
Translation
(BEST OF ALL ORNAMENTS)
The ornament of prosperity is generosity ;( helpful nature) of valor is controlled speech ;( no self-glorification) of knowledge, quiescent nature ;( no arrogance of superiority) for the learned, humility ;( no arrogance of learning) of wealth, giving it away to those who deserve it ;( charity to the needy) of penance, not giving into anger ;( mind-control) of efficiency, forbearance; (patience and no anxiety) of righteousness, non-pretense. (no fakeness to impress others) For all, in all ways, good character is the best ornament. (This includes all other virtues by itself.) ॥ 80 ॥