bhutebhyas ca yatharhatah
satyam-speaking the truth without distortion or deviation; daya-sympathy to everyone suffering; tapah-austerities (such as observing fasts at least twice in a month on the day of Ekadasi); saucam-cleanliness (bathing regularly at least twice a day, morning and evening, and remembering to chant the holy name of God); titiksa-toleration (being unagitated by seasonal changes or inconvenient circumstances); iksa-distinguishing between good and bad; samah-control of the mind (not allowing the mind to act whimsically); damah-control of the senses (not allowing the senses to act without control); ahimsa-nonviolence (not subjecting any living entity to the threefold miseries); brahmacaryam-continence or abstaining from misuse of one's semen (not indulging in sex with women other than one's own wife and not having sex with one's own wife when sex is forbidden, like during the period of menstruation); ca-and; tyagah-giving in charity at least fifty percent of one's income; svadhyayah-reading of transcendental literatures like Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ramayana and Mahabharata (or, for those not in Vedic culture, reading of the Bible or Koran); arjavam-simplicity (freedom from mental duplicity); santosah-being satisfied with that which is available without severe endeavor; samadrk-seva-rendering 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); gramya-iha-uparamah-not taking part in so-called philanthropic activities; sanaih-gradually; nrnam-in human society; viparyaya-iha-the unnecessary activities; iksa-discussing; maunam-being grave and silent; atma-into the self; vimarsanam-research (as to whether one is the body or the soul); anna-adya-adeh-of food and drink, etc.; samvibhagah-equal distribution; bhutebhyah-to different living entities; ca-also; yatha-arhatah-as befitting; tesu-all living entities; atma-devata-buddhih-accepting as the self or the demigods; sutaram-preliminarily; nrsu-among all human beings; pandava-O Maharaja Yudhisthira; sravanam-hearing; kirtanam-chanting; ca-also; asya-of Him (the Lord); smaranam-remembering (His words and activities); mahatam-of great saintly persons; gateh-who is the shelter; seva-service; ijya-worship; avanatih-offering obeisances; dasyam-accepting the service; sakhyam-to consider as a friend; atma-samarpanam-surrendering one's whole self; nrnam-of all human beings; ayam-this; parah-the supermost; dharmah-religious principle; sarvesam-of all; samudahrtah-described fully; trimsat-laksana-van-possessing thirty characteristics; rajan-O King; sarva-atma-the Supreme Lord, the Supersoul of all; yena-by which; tusyati-is satisfied.