Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /209

VANA PARVA
 
'तपस्स्वधर्मवतित्वं मनसो दमनं दमः ।

क्षमा द्वन्द्वसहिष्णुत्वं ह्रीरकार्यनिवर्तनम् ॥'
 

" Tapas is observing one's own Dharma ;

the control of the mind is self-control ;
forbearance is the capacity to put up with

forbearance is the capacity to put up with
the pairs of opposites (heat and cold,

happiness and misery and so on); and the

sense of shame is turning away from what

ought not to be done."
 
""
 
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दया च का परा प्रोक्ता किं चार्जवमुदाहृतम् ?"
 

" What is said to be supreme sympathy ?

And what is said to be straightforwardness?"

 
'दया सर्वसुखैषित्वमार्जवं समचित्तता ॥'
 

Sympathy is wishing for the happiness

of all; straightforwardness is equanimity

of mind.
 
""
 
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'कश्शत्रुर्दुर्जयः पुंसां कश्च व्याधिरनन्तकः ?
 

कीदृशश्च स्मृतस्साधुरसाधुः कोहदृशस्स्मृतः ? '
 

"Which is the enemy
 
difficult to be
 

overcome by men ? Which is the endless
 

disease? Of what nature is a good
 
man said to be and of what nature is a

man said to be and of what nature is a
bad man said to be ? "
 
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overcome by men ?
 
disease? Of what