Passage 6

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In plain words

What is the reason? The enemy called anger seizes men and torments them in many ways.

For one who has anger, no work bears fruit; harms befall him; doing sinful deeds, he ends up being told, ‘Shame, be gone!’, be sure of it!

The Śānti, courage and patience that are in women are not in men. Yet women too may at times give way to anger and agitation and commit sin. We must forgive such women, encourage them and turn them onto the good path; punishing them is not good. Looked at truly, faults such as anger, vexation, envy, jealousy and vanity show themselves above all in men. The Śānti that is in women is very great. In those days Draupadī's Śānti itself protected the Pāṇḍavas! There are many such women in the world who are embodiments of Śānti. Instead of encouraging them, to slight them, thinking ‘they are only women’, is a great mistake.

Satya and Dharma are the very life of the world

‘Satyaṃ vada, dharmaṃ cara’, teaches Bhāratīya culture. If we protect these two, we will have protected the country itself. We must protect Dharma by means of Satya. Satya and Dharma themselves go on protecting the world. If you want to protect the country, there is no need for you to join the army and wage war; it is enough if you foster the Satya and Dharma that are within you. First of all, protect Satya and Dharma in your own home. Only when you protect Satya and Dharma do you become great heroes; you become steadfast; you become noble. If you protect Satya and Dharma, the Lord of all will protect you. So, rather than trying to please God by worshipping Him, go on protecting Satya and Dharma. Then God will protect the whole world. Satya is your very life. Dharma is your very protection. Of the śāstras, the chief is the Dharmaśāstra. The finest form of Satya is never going back on the word one has given. Great as Satya is, Dharma is greater still.