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He who always and attentively renounces the vice, namely, the action of insulung others is a man of self-respect But the person who lives with sell-respect which is devoid of this quality (of not insulting others) can not be called a man of sell-respect Many times the Jiva (person) has attained high status and many times, low statusHence, nobody is of high status permanently and nobody is of low status for ever (Having Known this ) nobody should keep jealousy (of any type of Status) And (having understood this) who will be statusminded? and who will be conceited (because of the type of status)? To the person who does not think in a devious way, who does not act in a devious way, who does not speak in a devious way and who does not conceal his faults, the virtue of straight forwardness occurs. In the life of the sant (or householder) who, having shunned the speaking of those words which act as the cause of agonising state of mind in others, speaks words beneficial to himself and to others, there appears the fourth virtue of truthfulness Just before telling a lie, after telling it, at the time of telling it and in its evil consequences at the end, the person scels unhappy And taking things which have not been given, he, for certain, remains unsatisfied, becomes perturbed ard goes unsupported in society (If) (any) (associate) tells the member of his own group somethng which is unpleasant buc beneficial, (then) for the member of his group who is being addressed, that unpleasant thing which is like a bitter medicine is wholesome in effect In the human world, the truthful person is trustworthy like the mother, is venerable like the teacher and (he) is lovcable to all like the kinsmen In (speakmg) the truth, therc is austerity, in (spcaking) the truth, there is self-restraint, and (in speaking the truth) the rest of all the virtues too are observed Again, truth (speaking) is the basis of all the virtues, as the storage of water is the support of the fishes.
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