Akrodhena Jayet Krodham — Complete Lyrics
अक्रोधेन जयेत्क्रोधम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
अक्रोधेन जयेत्क्रोधमसाधुं साधुना जयेत्।
जयेत्कदर्यं दानेन जयेत्सत्येन चानृतम्॥
akrodhena jayet krodham asādhuṁ sādhunā jayet।
jayet kadaryaṁ dānena jayet satyena cānṛtam॥
One should conquer anger by calmness, the wicked by goodness, the miser by giving, and falsehood by truth. This celebrated maxim teaches that every vice is best overcome not by its like but by its opposite virtue.
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