Narration About the Best Person

1. One should eat to satisfy one’s hunger and whatever food is left over should be distributed. Letting food go to waste is not proper.
2. The same applies when one gets satisfied with Knowledge. The Knowledge must be spoken about to the people. One who can swim should not allow a drowning person to drown.
3. One must develop the best qualities in oneself first, and then speak about those qualities to many people. One who speaks without first practicing speaks falsely.
4. Do your morning bathing, some routine of worship, meditate on and chant the name of God, and listen to stories and explanations about God.
5. Use the body for helping others. Be useful in helping the work of many people to get accomplished, and help to ensure that nobody suffers from any shortages.
6. Understand the troubles and oppression of others and do what you can to help them. Speak in a soft manner to everyone.
7. Empathize with the sorrow and grief of others as well as sharing in their joy and happiness. Bring people together in friendliness with good and kind words.
8. Pardon the mistakes and faults of many people and help them to do their work and accomplish their goals. Bring strangers near and make them feel welcome.
9. Understand the minds of others and behave appropriately. Examine and appreciate people in many various ways.
10. Speak precisely and to the point, and give prompt replies to questions. Maintain a forgiving nature and don't become angry with others.
11. Give up laziness entirely making many kinds of efforts. Don't speak with envy or be jealous of anyone.
12. Offer the best things to others. Speak carefully, wisely selecting your words, and be attentive to leading the family life with care.
13. Remember that one day the body is going to die and be consistent in your devotion to God. In this way your fame will live on after the body is gone.
14. One who lives in a disciplined manner becomes known to many people and is well respected. Such a person does not feel that there is anything lacking.
15. A person with such special and best qualities as these, is called a great person. The Lord of the Universe is pleased with the worship of such a person.
16. Even if people insult and humiliate him, he does not allow his peace to become disturbed. Such a person who can get along even with villainous people is truly a blessed sage.
17. One who is adorned with the best qualities and is radiant with Knowledge and desirelessness is considered to be a great person on this earth.
18. Do hard work yourself and tolerate the faults and suffering of many people. With your hard work, you will leave behind fame in many ways.
19. If you only run after fame, there will not be happiness in life, and if you only run after pleasures, there will be no fame. Without proper thoughtfulness, there is no satisfaction to be found anywhere.
20. Do not hurt the feelings or minds of others. Mistakes should not be committed with regard to this. One who is forgiving does not lose the admiration of others.
21. Work should be carried out without discrimination as to whether it is one's own or someone else’s work. It is not proper to try to escape or avoid following through on one's own duties.
22. Saying nice things makes others feel happy, this is experienced by everyone. Speak to others as you would like to be spoken to.
23. Harsh words make other feel bad, this is also experienced by everyone. So, there is no excuse for speaking harshly to others.
24. If you pinch yourself you feel the pain of it. Understand from your own experience that others feel pain as well, and care about the pain of others.
25. Speech that is hurtful and causes pain to others is immoral, and at times my cause injury to oneself as well.
26. For whatever is sown, the crop grows accordingly. For whatever is spoken, the reply also comes back accordingly. For what reason then should anyone speak in a harsh manner?
27. Make many people happy with the wealth and substance of your own Being. To give people trouble is to act in a demon-like manner.
28. Hypocrisy, disrespect, pride, anger, and harsh speech are signs of ignorance that are described in the Bhagavad Gita.
29. Many people move about looking for one who is adorned with the best qualities. Such a person is alone considered to be the "greatest person."
30. Having knowledge without the corresponding appropriate behavior is comparable to the vomit of a dog. Good people never even pay attention to it.
31. People seek out a great person that has heartfelt devotion and upholds the best qualities with respect.
32. Such a one with the greatest of experience should organize a group of devotional people and commune in oneness with the God of gods.
33. If such a one dies suddenly, who will carry on the devotional practices and worship? For this reason, involve many people in devotional worship.
34. My own resolution is such as not to ask for anything from the disciple, but only to ask him to continue to worship God after my passing.
35. For this reason there should be a group of devotees and regular festivals of devotional activity so that devotees will continue to be in communion with the God of gods.
36. To organize gatherings of devotees two main qualities are required. The listeners are asked to listen with alertness of mind.
37. The first quality is that one must have the power to teach in such a clear manner as to make many people turn towards devotion. The second quality is that one must be able to please others and win over the hearts and minds of many people.
38. The best qualities have now been described, and one who has them is recognized as someone who is authoritative. The power of such a great person's spiritual instruction continues on long after his passing away.
39. One whose behavior is in accordance with his speech, and who does himself what he tells others to do, is respected by the people, and they consider what he says to be true.
40. People will not follow and accept what they do not feel is acceptable. Everyone is alone with oneself among so many people in the world.
41. Therefore, be with people and bring people along with you, teaching them step by step, gradually taking them to the end with discrimination.
42. However, this work is only for a patient and thoughtful person who uses the power of discrimination. Only he can do it correctly. Others are confused with delusion and will begin to quarrel among themselves.
43. One who quarrels with many people will find himself alone, like a leader without an army. Therefore, it is important to please many people.