अकृत्वा परसन्तापमगत्वा खलनम्रताम् ।
अनुत्सृज्य सतां मार्गं यत्स्वल्पमपि तद्बहु ॥
akṛtvā para-santāpam agatvā khala-namratām |
anutsṛjya satāṁ mārgaṁ yat svalpam api tad bahu ||
(Śārṅgadhara-paddhati)
“Without causing pain to others, without bowing to the wicked, and without giving up the path of the sādhus—even whatever little [that can be done or attained] is [actually] a lot.”
Alternate versions
अकृत्वा परसन्तापमगत्वा खलनम्रताम् ।
अनुत्सृज्य सतां वर्त्म यत्स्वल्पमपि तद्बहु ॥
akṛtvā para-santāpam agatvā khala-namratām |
anutsṛjya satāṁ vartma yat svalpam api tad bahu ||
(Unknown Source)
“Without causing pain to others, without bowing to the wicked, and without giving up the path of the sādhus—even whatever little [that can be done or attained] is [actually] a lot.”
अकृत्वा परसन्तापमगत्वा खलमन्दिरम् ।
अनुत्सृज्य सतां वर्त्म यत्स्वल्पमपि तद्बहु ॥
akṛtvā para-santāpam agatvā khala-mandiram |
anusṛtya satāṁ vartma yat svalpam api tad bahu ||
(Unknown Source)
“Without causing pain to others, without going to the abode of the wicked [i.e., without submitting to, collaborating with, or aiding and abetting the wicked, and without succumbing to low, mischievous, or wicked behavior], and by following the path of the sādhus [i.e., by conducting oneself virtuously]—even whatever little [that can be done or attained] is [actually] a lot.”
अकृत्वा परसन्तापमगत्वा खलमन्दिरम् ।
अक्लेशयित्वा चात्मानं यदल्पमपि तद्बहुः ॥
akṛtvā para-santāpam agatvā khala-mandiram |
akleśayitvā cātmānaṁ yad alpam api tad bahuḥ ||
(Unknown Source)
“Without causing pain to others, without going to the abode of the wicked, and without troubling oneself—even whatever little [that can be done or attained] is [actually] a lot.”