Dharmasamuccaya · Chapter 24

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(24) kṣāntivargaḥ
kṣamābhūṣaṇenaiva bhūṣito bhavati pumān
kṣāntyā vibhūṣitaḥ jīva bhūṣito netarairdhanaiḥ /
dhanaṃ vinā samāyāti kṣāntiṃ naiva kathañcana

kṣamāvān puruṣaḥ sarvapriyo bhavati dehinām /
pūjyate daivatairnityaṃ tasmāt kṣāntiḥ parantapa !

kṣamāvān puruṣaḥ sarvatra pūjyate
kṣamāvān puruṣaḥ sarvaiḥ krodhadoṣairvivarjitaḥ /
yaśasā pūjyate nityamiha loke paratra ca

kṣāntidhanaṃ sarvottamam
kṣāntirdhanaṃ dhanaṃ śīlaprajñāvardhanameva ca /
dhanānyanyāni śastāni na hitasya kathañcana

sadbhiḥ kṣamāvāneva pūjyate
pūjyate satataṃ sadbhiryaśasā caiva pūjyate /
kṣamāvān puruṣaḥ sarvastamāt kṣāntiparo bhavet

krodhaviṣasya kṣamaiva bheṣajam
kṣāntiḥ krodhaviṣasyāsya bheṣajaṃ paramaṃ matam /
kṣāntyāvināśitaḥ krodho 'narthāyopajāyate

jñānaśīlābhibhūtānāṃ bāliśānāṃ viśeṣataḥ /
pratīpakārya kurute kṣāntirmārganidarśikā

kṣamāvanta eva loke dhaninaḥ
sa dharmadhanahīnānāṃ bhramatāṃ gatipañcake /
yeṣāṃ kṣāntimayaṃ dravyaṃ te loke dhaninaḥ smṛtāḥ

tamonicayakāntāre dṛḍhakrodhena dustare /
kṣāntyā yathā smṛtāḥ sadbhistaranti khula mānavāḥ

saddharmapāṭhanaṣṭānāṃ deśikā kṣāntiruttamā /
apāyabhayabhītānāṃ na bhayaṃ kṣāntirucyate

nṛṇāṃ kṣāntiḥ sukhāvahā
sukhāvahā sadā nṛṇāṃ duḥkhasya ca vighātikā /
kṣemasamprāpikā nityaṃ viśvāsaguṇakārikā

śubhāsti nāyikā dhanyā hyaśubhebhyo vivarjitā /
mokṣasaṃdeśikā puṃsāṃ saṃsārabhayanāśikā

kṣāntiḥ narakāgnivināśikā svargasopānabhūtā ca
svargasopānabhūtā sā narakāgnivināśikā /
trāyate pretalokātsā tiryagyonau tathaiva ca

kṣāntiḥ sanmārgāmṛtadīpikā
sā guṇaudhaiḥ sadā pūrṇā śivā bhavati dehinām /
sā praśaste sukhe prāpte kṣāntiḥ kāryā prayatnataḥ /
sarvalokasya māteva sanmārgāmṛtadīpikā