ahiṁsā satyamasteyaṁ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ | etaṁ sāmāsikaṁ dharmaṁ cāturvarṇye'bravīnmanuḥ ||
Universal Translation
Non-injury (Ahimsa), truthfulness (Satya), non-stealing (Asteya), purity (Shaucha), and restraint of the senses (Indriya-nigraha) — this, in brief, Manu declared as the universal Dharma for all four orders.
na jātyā brāhmaṇo bhavati na kṣatriyo na vaiśyakaḥ | vṛttena hi bhavatyāryaḥ śīlameva garīyasī ||
Universal Translation
Not by birth alone does one become a Brahmana, Kshatriya, or Vaishya; by conduct alone does one become noble (Arya), for character is supreme.
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