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THE MAHABHARATA
 
'रागो द्वेषस्तथा मोहो हर्षश्शोकोऽभिमानिता ।

क्रोधो दर्पश्च तन्द्री च परवृद्धथुध्युपतापिता ।

अज्ञानमेतन्निर्दिष्टं पापानां चैव याः क्रियाः ॥
 
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"Passion, hate, delusion, exhilaration,

dejection, conceit, anger, pride, laziness,

being pained at others' prosperity and

acts of sin — these are indicated as

constituting Ignorance.
 
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दमेन सदृशं धर्मं नान्यं लोकेषु शुश्रुम ।

क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च समता सत्यमार्जवम् ।

इन्द्रियाभिजयो दाक्ष्यं मार्दवं हीह्रीरचापलम् ।

अकार्पण्यमसंरम्भस्सन्तोषः प्रियवादिता ।

अविहिंसाऽनसूया चाप्येषां समुदयो दमः ॥
 

"We have not heard in the entire universe

of another Dharma equal to self-control.

Forbearance, fortitude, non-injury, equani-

mity, truthfulness, straightforwardness, con-

quest of the senses, adeptness in the

discharge of one's duties, softness, a sense

of shame at doing what ought not to be

done, absence of fickleness, non-wretched.

ness, absence of flurry, contentment,