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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.56

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Ullāsas
14
Published
8
Verses
1201
Minutes
600
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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 56

गृहस्थकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the householder

Verse 56

स्वीयं यशः पौरुषञ्च गुप्तये कथितञ्च यत् । कृतं यदुपकाराय धर्मज्ञो न प्रकाशयेत् ॥ ५६ ॥

svīyaṁ yaśaḥ pauruṣañca guptayē kathitañca yat | kṛtaṁ yadupakārāya dharmajñō na prakāśayēt || 56 ||

Translation

His own fame and prowess, what was told him in confidence, and what he did to help another: the knower of dharma should not make these known.

Word by word

svīyaṁ
his own
yaśaḥ
fame
pauruṣañ
(pauruṣam) prowess
ca
and
guptayē
in confidence
kathitañ
(kathitam) what was told
yat
what
kṛtaṁ
was done
yad
(yat) what
upakārāya
to help
dharmajñō
(dharmajñaḥ) the knower of dharma
na
not
prakāśayēt
should make known

Meaning

Four things to keep quiet: one's own renown and strength (no boasting), a confidence, and one's own good deeds to others (help that is advertised is not help). The commentary reads verses 55 to 57 together.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 55.