The Duties of The Householder''- - Verse 31
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 15 · Verse 31
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Sanskrit Original
स्वदुः खेष्विव कारुण्यं परदुः खेषु सौहृदात। दयेति मुनयः प्राहुः साक्षाद धर्मस्य साधनम।।
svaduḥ kheṣviva kāruṇyaṃ paraduḥ kheṣu sauhṛdāt| dayeti munayaḥ prāhuḥ sākṣād dharmasya sādhanam||
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The sages say that kindness is that mercifulness due to friendship (gentleness of heart) in regard to miseries of others in the same way as (in the case of) one’s own miseries. It is a direct means ofDharma (piety).