सत्यं दया तप: शौचं तितिक्षेक्षा शमो दम: । अहिंसा ब्रह्मचर्यं च त्याग: स्वाध्याय आर्जवम् ॥ ८ ॥ सन्तोष: समदृक्सेवा ग्राम्येहोपरम: शनै: । नृणां विपर्ययेहेक्षा मौनमात्मविमर्शनम् ॥ ९ ॥ अन्नाद्यादे: संविभागो भूतेभ्यश्च यथार्हत: । तेष्वात्मदेवताबुद्धि: सुतरां नृषु पाण्डव ॥ १० ॥ श्रवणं कीर्तनं चास्य स्मरणं महतां गते: । सेवेज्यावनतिर्दास्यं सख्यमात्मसमर्पणम् ॥ ११ ॥ नृणामयं परो धर्म: सर्वेषां समुदाहृत: । त्रिंशल्लक्षणवान् राजन्सर्वात्मा येन तुष्यति ॥ १२ ॥
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
- 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
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 one’s 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.