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अनुसंधान - १७ • 14
his hand by bounty,
not by bracelets;
his body by benevolence,
not by sandal paste." (Miller 1990:51)32
aiśvaryasya vibhuṣaṇaṁ sujanatā, śauryasya vāk-saṁyamo jñānasyopasamaḥ, śamasya vinayo, vittasya pātre vyayaḥ/ akrodhas tapasaḥ, kṣamā prabhavitur, dharmasya nirvyājatā sarveṣām api sarva-kāraṇam idam silam param bhūṣaṇam //41//
"Kindness is an ornament for power,
restrained speech for valor,
dispassion for wisdom,
discipline for tranquility,
munificence for wealth,
forebearance for austerity, patience for majesty,
and candor for duty
but moral conduct, the cause of all,
is a gem that crowns the rest." (Miller 1990:45)
Also, when BH describes a situation that he obviously values in the area of sensual experiences, relatively abstract achievements of culture almost always enter the scene in a very natural way. Without poetry, music or display of sharp erudition, nothing is really enjoyable to him. In another stanza reminding us of Omar Khayyam's rubai quoted in §3.5, he
says:
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