Matsyapurana 145.48

145.48

ātmārthe vā parārthe vā indriyāṇīha yasya vai
viṣaye na pravartante damasyaitattu lakṣaṇam //

One who does not feel upset and show wrath by mind, speech or demeanour even on being provoked by others is really the ideal forgiver This state is called Titikṣa or forgiveness The servant who does not misappropriate his charge left to his care by his master, sets an example of the absence of greed Non acceptance of others' things is alobha One who does not feel inclined to indulge in sexual pleasures by body, mind and deed and practises Brahmacharya shows signs of sama One whose passions are not brought into play either for his own sake or for the sake of others shows signs of dama or self restraint One who does not get perturbed by five objects of senses and eight kinds of amorousness is known as the great subduer of self One who gives away in charity to the deserving what is prized by him after storing it in a righteous way sets the example of an ideal charity The best dharma is the one which is prescribed by the Śruti and the Smṛiti and approved of Siṣṭa (pious) persons Indifference to the good and evil and the non-attachment to object is virakta or dispassionateness The renouncement of kṛta and akṛta karmas or acts done or not done is Sannyāsa, abandonment of ideas of cleverness or non cleverness is termed Nyāsa When he knows all the Tattvas from Avyakta (unmanifested) down to particulars, the animate and inanimate objects, he is called Jñānī or wise These are the characteristics of dharma which were first enunciated by the learned Ṛiṣis during the Svayambhuva Manvantara—40-56