Matsyapurana 28
English (machine translation) 28
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28.1
Śukra said: / The person who always endures the abusive words of others, / know, O Devayānī, that everything here is conquered by him.
28.2
He who reins in surging anger like a horse, / he is called a charioteer by the wise, not one who merely clings to the reins.
28.3
He who restrains surging anger with non-anger, / know, O Devayānī, that everything here is conquered by him.
28.4
He who casts off surging wrath by patience alone, / just as a serpent casts off its sloughed skin, he indeed is called a real man.
28.5
He who meditates upon righteousness, who endures beyond measure, / and who, being tormented, does not torment [in return], is immensely worthy of prosperity.
28.6
Between one who might sacrifice with the horse sacrifice month after month for a hundred years, / and one who does not become angry with anyone, the unangered one is superior.
28.7
Boys and girls who lack sense may make enmity; / a wise person should not do this, for they do not know the relative strength and weakness."
28.8
Devayānī said: / "Father, though a girl, I know the course of actions, / and in anger or abuse, the relative strength and weakness of an action.
28.9
The unpupil-like behavior of a pupil must not be tolerated by one wishing for welfare; / dwelling among people of bad and mixed conduct does not please me.
28.10
Among those who do not respect a man for his conduct and his pedigree, / a wise person desiring welfare should not dwell, among those of wicked minds.
28.11
Among those good people who recognize him for his conduct and his pedigree, / one ought to live; that dwelling is said to be the best.
28.12
It churns my heart like a fire drill churning fire— / the extremely terrible, abusive speech of Vṛṣaparvan's daughter.
28.13
For I deem nothing harder than this in the three worlds, father: / that one destitute of fortune attends upon the blazing fortune of a rival."
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (1)
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit