They who fear no obligation of returning to this world (after death), they who have no fear of the next world, they who do not take animal food and who have no liking for what is agreeable and no dislike for what is otherwise, they to whom good conduct is always dear, they who practise self-restraint, they who consider pleasure and pain as same, they who have truth for their refuge, they who give but not take, they who have mercy, they who adore, Pitris, gods, and guests, they who are always ready to work (for the behoof of others), they who are universal benefactors, they who are endued with great courage (of mind), they who follow all the duties sanctioned by the scriptures, they who are devoted to the well-being of all, they who can give their all and sacrifice their very lives for others, are considered as good and virtuous, O Bharata.
येष्वावृत्तिभयं नास्ति परलोकभयं न च। नामिषेषु प्रसंगोऽस्ति न प्रियेष्वप्रियेषु च॥ शिष्टाचारः प्रियो येषु दमो येषु प्रतिष्ठितः। सुखं दुःखं समं येषां सत्यं येषां परायणम्॥ दातारो न ग्रहीतारो दयावन्तस्तथैव च। पितृदेवातिथेयाश्च नित्योधुक्तास्तथैव च॥ सर्वोपकारिणो वीराः सर्वधर्मानुपालकाः। सर्वभूतहिताश्चैव सर्वदेयाश्च भारत॥