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THE MAHABHARATA
 
mercifulness, non-injury-these
thirteen* forms of Truthfulness.
 
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यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम् ।
तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नार्हतः षोडशीं कलाम् ॥
 
are the
 
"That happiness which is in the fulfilment
of desires in this world and that great
happiness which is in heaven, these are
equal to even one-sixteenth of the happiness
that is in the cessation of desire.
 
'यदा संहरते कामान् कूर्मोऽङ्गानीव सर्वशः ।
तदाऽऽत्मज्योतिरात्मश्रीरात्मन्येव प्रसीदति ॥
 
"When one withdraws all desires into
himself, as a tortoise its limbs, then the
light and splendour of the soul become
manifest within oneself.
 
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न बिभेति यदा चायं यदा चास्मान्न बिभ्यति ।
यदा नेच्छति न द्वेष्टि ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ॥
यदा न कुरुते धीरः सर्वभूतेषु पापकम् ।
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ॥
 
* Though 13 18 the number expressly mentioned
twice, there are 14 enumerated.