2017 1029 44 Manu Smriti 6.92: The Ten Components of Dharma [ दशकं धर्म लक्षणं ]
Manu Smriti [6.92] defines the Ten Components of Dharma thus:
धृतिः क्षमा दमः अस्तेयं शौचं इन्द्रिय निग्रहः |
धीः विद्या सत्यं अक्रोधः दशकं धर्म लक्षणं || 6.92
The ten components of Dharma [ दशकं धर्म लक्षणं ] are:
1] धृतिः firmness
2] क्षमा patience
3] दमः self-control
4] अस्तेयं non-stealing
5] शौचं purity, internal and external
6] इन्द्रिय निग्रहः control of the senses
7] धीः strength of mind
8] विद्या wisdom
9] सत्यं truthfulness and
10] अक्रोधः absence of anger
All -- refers to all the four orders [namely, student, householder, hermit and ascetic].
Full text of Manu Smriti in Sanskrit with English Translation: [Click Here]
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Manu Smriti [6.92] defines the Ten Components of Dharma thus:
धृतिः क्षमा दमः अस्तेयं शौचं इन्द्रिय निग्रहः |
धीः विद्या सत्यं अक्रोधः दशकं धर्म लक्षणं || 6.92
The ten components of Dharma [ दशकं धर्म लक्षणं ] are:
1] धृतिः firmness
2] क्षमा patience
3] दमः self-control
4] अस्तेयं non-stealing
5] शौचं purity, internal and external
6] इन्द्रिय निग्रहः control of the senses
7] धीः strength of mind
8] विद्या wisdom
9] सत्यं truthfulness and
10] अक्रोधः absence of anger
All -- refers to all the four orders [namely, student, householder, hermit and ascetic].
Full text of Manu Smriti in Sanskrit with English Translation: [Click Here]
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