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TEXTS 812
satyam daya tapah saucam
titikseksa samo damah
ahimsa brahmacaryam ca
tyagah svadhyaya arjavam
santosah samadrk-seva
gramyehoparamah sanaih
nrnam viparyayeheksa
maunam atma-vimarsanam
annadyadeh samvibhago
bhutebhyas ca yatharhatah
tesv atma-devata-buddhih
sutaram nrsu pandava
sravanam kirtanam casya
smaranam mahatam gateh
sevejyavanatir dasyam
sakhyam atma-samarpanam
nrnam ayam paro dharmah
sarvesam samudahrtah
trimsal-laksanavan rajan
sarvatma yena tusyati
SYNONYMS
satyamspeaking the truth without distortion or deviation; dayasympathy to everyone suffering; tapahausterities (such as observing fasts at least twice in a month on the day of Ekadasi); saucamcleanliness (bathing regularly at least twice a day, morning and evening, and remembering to chant the holy name of God); titiksatoleration (being unagitated by seasonal changes or inconvenient circumstances); iksadistinguishing between good and bad; samahcontrol of the mind (not allowing the mind to act whimsically); damahcontrol of the senses (not allowing the senses to act without control); ahimsanonviolence (not subjecting any living entity to the threefold miseries); brahmacaryamcontinence or abstaining from misuse of ones semen (not indulging in sex with women other than ones own wife and not having sex with ones own wife when sex is forbidden, like during the period of menstruation); caand; tyagahgiving in charity at least fifty percent of ones income; svadhyayahreading of transcendental literatures like Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ramayana and Mahabharata (or, for those not in Vedic culture, reading of the Bible or Koran); arjavamsimplicity (freedom from mental duplicity); santosahbeing satisfied with that which is available without severe endeavor; samadrk-sevarendering service to saintly persons who make no distinctions between one living being and another and who see every living being as a spirit soul (panditah sama-darsinah [Bg. 5.18]); gramya-iha-uparamahnot taking part in so-called philanthropic activities; sanaihgradually; nrnamin human society; viparyaya-ihathe unnecessary activities; iksadiscussing; maunambeing grave and silent; atmainto the self; vimarsanamresearch (as to whether one is the body or the soul); anna-adya-adehof food and drink, etc.; samvibhagahequal distribution; bhutebhyahto different living entities; caalso; yatha-arhatahas befitting; tesuall living entities; atma-devata-buddhihaccepting as the self or the demigods; sutarampreliminarily; nrsuamong all human beings; pandavaO Maharaja Yudhisthira; sravanamhearing; kirtanamchanting; caalso; asyaof Him (the Lord); smaranamremembering (His words and activities); mahatamof great saintly persons; gatehwho is the shelter; sevaservice; ijyaworship; avanatihoffering obeisances; dasyamaccepting the service; sakhyamto consider as a friend; atma-samarpanamsurrendering ones whole self; nrnamof all human beings; ayamthis; parahthe supermost; dharmahreligious principle; sarvesamof all; samudahrtahdescribed fully; trimsat-laksana-vanpossessing thirty characteristics; rajanO King; sarva-atmathe Supreme Lord, the Supersoul of all; yenaby which; tusyatiis satisfied.
TRANSLATION
These are the general principles to be followed by all human beings: truthfulness, mercy, austerity (observing fasts on certain days of the month), bathing twice a day, tolerance, discrimination between right and wrong, control of the mind, control of the senses, nonviolence, celibacy, charity, reading of scripture, simplicity, satisfaction, rendering service to saintly persons, gradually taking leave of unnecessary engagements, observing the futility of the unnecessary activities of human society, remaining silent and grave and avoiding unnecessary talk, considering whether one is the body or the soul, distributing food equally to all living entities (both men and animals), seeing every soul (especially in the human form) as a part of the Supreme Lord, hearing about the activities and instructions given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead (who is the shelter of the saintly persons), chanting about these activities and instructions, always remembering these activities and instructions, trying to render service, performing worship, offering obeisances, becoming a servant, becoming a friend, and surrendering ones whole self. O King Yudhisthira, these thirty qualifications must be acquired in the human form of life. Simply by acquiring these qualifications, one can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
In order that human beings be distinct from the animals, the great saint Narada recommends that every human being be educated in terms of the above-mentioned thirty qualifications. Nowadays there is propaganda everywhere, all over the world, for a secular state, a state interested only in mundane activities. But if the citizens of the state are not educated in the above-mentioned good qualities, how can there be happiness? For example, if the total populace is untruthful, how can the state be happy? Therefore, without consideration of ones belonging to a sectarian religion, whether Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or any other sect, everyone should be taught to become truthful. Similarly, everyone should be taught to be merciful, and everyone should observe fasting on certain days of the month. Everyone should bathe twice a day, cleanse his teeth and body externally, and cleanse his mind internally by remembering the holy name of the Lord. The Lord is one, whether one is Hindu, Muslim or Christian. Therefore, one should chant the holy name of the Lord, regardless of differences in linguistic pronunciation. Also, everyone should be taught to be very careful not to discharge semen unnecessarily. This is very important for all human beings. If semen is not discharged unnecessarily, one becomes extremely strong in memory, determination, activity and the vitality of ones bodily energy. Everyone should also be taught to be simple in thought and feeling and satisfied in body and mind. These are the general qualifications of a human being. There is no question of a secular state or an ecclesiastical state. Unless one is educated in the above-mentioned thirty qualities, there cannot be any peace. Ultimately it is recommended:
Everyone should become a devotee of the Lord, because by becoming a devotee of the Lord one automatically acquires the other qualities.
In one who has unflinching devotional service to Krsna, all the good qualities of Krsna and the demigods are consistently manifest. However, he who has no devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no good qualifications because he is engaged by mental concoction in material existence, which is the external feature of the Lord. (Bhag. 5.18.12) Our Krsna consciousness movement, therefore, is all-embracing. Human civilization should take it very seriously and practice its principles for the peace of the world.
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