akrodhena jayet krodham asādhuṁ sādhunā jayet |
jayet kadaryaṁ dānena jayet satyena cānṛtam || 138 ||
Anger must be conquered by forgiveness; and the unscrupulous must be conquered by
honesty; the miser must be conquered by liberality, and falsehood must be conquered by truth.
na svapnena jayen nidrāṁ na kāmena striyaṁ jayet |
nendhanena jayed agniṁ na pānena surāṁ jayet || 139 ||
One cannot conquer sleep by lying down; women by fulfilment of desires; fire by piling on
fuel and wine by drinking.
avisaṁvādanaṁ dānaṁ samayasyāvyatikramaḥ |
āvartayanti bhūtāni samyak praṇihitā ca vāk || 140 ||
Honesty, generosity, observance of the protocols of social intercourse, and well-controlled
speech, bring everyone under subjugation.
priyo bhavati dānena priya-vādena cāparaḥ |
mantraṁ mūla-balenānyo yaḥ priyaḥ priya eva saḥ || 141 ||
One becomes agreeable by gifts, another by compliments and praises, a third by the force of
incantations and drugs. One however, that is naturally agreeable, always remains so.
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