Chapter 13 · Verse 50

एवं चेदमृदुत्वस्य दोषत्वात्तु स हेयता । मार्दवस्य गुणत्वाच्च स्वभावाद्भजनीयता ॥ ५०॥

IAST

evaṃ cedamṛdutvasya doṣatvāttu sa heyatā | mārdavasya guṇatvācca svabhāvādbhajanīyatā || 50||

English

‘Thus hardness is naturally to be abandoned because it is a fault, while tenderness is naturally to be honored and cultivated because it is a virtue.’