It also consists, O son of Kuru, of respect for the preceptor and mercy for all. The selfcontrolled man avoids both adulation and slander. Depravity, infamy, falsehood, lust, covetousness, pride, arrogance, self-edification, fear, envy, and disrespect, are all shunned by the self-controlled man.
गुरुपूजा च कौरव्य दया भूतेष्वपैशुनम्। जनवादं मृषावादं स्तुतिनिन्दाविसर्जनम्॥ कामं क्रोधं च लोभं च दर्प स्तम्भं विकत्थनम्। रोषमीया॑वमानं च नैव दान्तो निषेवते॥