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One should subvert anger by calmness. One should subdue pride by modesty, overcome hypocrisy by simplicity and greed by contentment.
17.
Just as the tortoise draws its own limbs in its own body, so also the wise man does away with the vices by means of spirituality.
18.
Having committed wrong action consciously or unconsciously the person should immediately restrain his own self (and then) he should not commit it the second time.
19. He who renounces inclination towards an attached
thing renounces the attached thing. (He) for whom there does not exist any attached thing, he alone is the knower (by whom) spiritual path has been comprehended.
20.
The person destitute of all possessions is tranquil and is of joyful mind and who obtains final beatitude. Even the emperor does not attain that final beatitude.
21.
All the Jivas (beings) without exception desire to live and not to die. Self-restraining persons, therefore, certainly give up the distressful taking away of Prāņas (vital forces).
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