The sages who injure nobody, and who always control their body, they
will go to the unchangeable place (Nirvana), where, if they have gone,
they will suffer no more.
Those who are ever watchful, who study day and night, and who strive
after Nirvana, their passions will come to an end.
This is an old saying, O Atula, this is not as if of to-day: "They blame
him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much, they also blame him
who says little; there is no one on earth who is not blamed."
There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a man who is
always blamed, or a man who is always praised.
But he whom those who discriminate praise continually day after day, as
without blemish, wise, rich in knowledge and virtue, who would dare to
blame him, like a coin made of gold from the Gambu river? Even the gods
praise him, he is praised even by Brahman.
Beware of bodily anger, and control thy body! Leave the sins of the
body, and with thy body practise virtue!
Beware of the anger of the tongue, and control thy tongue! Leave the
sins of the tongue, and practise virtue with thy tongue!
Beware of the anger of the mind, and control thy mind! Leave the sins of
the mind, and practise virtue with thy mind!
The wise who control their body, who control their tongue, the wise who
control their mind, are indeed well controlled.
CHAPTER XVIII
IMPURITY
Thou art now like a sear leaf, the messengers of death (Yama) have come
near to thee; thou standest at the door of thy departure, and thou hast
no provision for thy journey.
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