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# Shatakatraya 1.83

Śatakatraya 1.83

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.83)

aiśvaryasya vibhūṣaṇaṃ sujanatā śauryasya vāk-saṃyamo  
jñānasyopaśamaḥ śrutasya vinayo vittasya pātre vyayaḥ |  
akrodhas tapasaḥ kṣamā prabhavitur dharmasya nirvājatā  
sarveṣām api sarva-kāraṇam idaṃ śīlaṃ paraṃ bhūṣaṇam ||

> Good nature is the ornament of power, restraint of speech of valor, / tranquil calmness of knowledge, modesty of sacred learning, spending on worthy recipients of wealth, / absence of anger of ascetic austerity, patience of a ruler, sincerity of righteousness: / moral conduct is the cause of all these, and the supreme ornament of all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.83) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Subhāṣitasudhānidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.daksina.subhasitasudhanidhi.19.2) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- [Rājanītiśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.3.68) — Cāṇakya, Sanskrit
- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.6.80) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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