Shukra said: -
1-2. O Devayani, know that the man who does not regard the evil words of others, conquers everything. The wise men call him a true charioteer who holds tightly the reins of his horses. He is a true man who subdues his rising anger.
3. O Devayani, know that he who subdues the rising anger by his feeling of non-anger, conquers everything on earth.
4. He who subdues his rising anger by forgiveness like the casting off the slough of a snake is called a true man.
5. He who subdues his anger, he who does not regard the bad words of others, he who is not angry even when there is a cause, certainly acquires the four objects for which we live (namely Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.)
6. Between the two men, one performing sacrifices continually every month for one hundred years and one who does not feel any anger, the man who does not feel any anger is the greater man.
7. Boys and girls, who are incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong, quarrel among one another. The wise never imitate them.
Devayani said: -
8. O father, I know, though I am a girl, what are duties and virtues. I also know the difference between anger and forgiveness and the power of each.
9. But when a pupil behaves disrespectfully towards his tutor, he should never be forgiven by the preceptor, if he wants to benefit him. Therefore, I do not desire to live in a country where the people are so bad.
10. The wise man who desire the good of all, should not live among men who are sinfully inclined and she always speak ill of men of high birth and good behaviour.
11. It is said to be the best place to live where high birth and good conduct are known and respected and where men know our birth and behaviour.
12. The cruel words of the daughter of Vrishaparva burn my heart, as men, desirous of kindling a fire, bum the dry woods.
13. I think nothing is more painful in the three worlds than to adore one’s enemies, who are blessed with good fortune, whereas he possesses none. The learned men have said that death would be preferable to such a man.
Thus ends the seventy-ninth chapter, the history of Yayati, in the Sambhava of the Adi Parva.