227. This is an old saying, O Atula, this is not only of to-day: `They
blame him who sits silent, they blame him who speaks much, they also
blame him who says little; there is no one on earth who is not
blamed.'

228. There never was, there never will be, nor is there now, a man who
is always blamed, or a man who is always praised.

229, 230. But he whom those who discriminate praise continually day
after day, as without blemish, wise, rich in knowledge and virtue, who
would dare to blame him, like a coin made of gold from the Gambu
river? Even the gods praise him, he is praised even by Brahman.

231. Beware of bodily anger, and control thy body! Leave the sins of
the body, and with thy body practise virtue!

232. Beware of the anger of the tongue, and control thy tongue! Leave
the sins of the tongue, and practise virtue with thy tongue!

233. Beware of the anger of the mind, and control thy mind! Leave the
sins of the mind, and practise virtue with thy mind!

234. The wise who control their body, who control their tongue, the
wise who control their mind, are indeed well controlled.


Chapter XVIII
Impurity

235. Thou art now like a sear leaf, the messengers of death (Yama)