Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 13
The Nature of Knowledge, the Guru as Living Tīrtha, and the Law of Final Remembrance
तस्माच्छांतिं कुरुष्व त्वं सर्वसौख्यप्रवर्द्धिनीम् । समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च यथात्मनि तथापरे
tasmācchāṃtiṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ sarvasaukhyapravarddhinīm | samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca yathātmani tathāpare
فلذلك ازرع السكينة، فهي مُنمّيةٌ لكل سعادة. وكن متساوي القلب تجاه العدوّ والصديق، وتجاه الآخرين كما أنت تجاه نفسك.
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Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: tasmācchāṃtiṃ = tasmāt + śāntim; sarvasaukhyapravarddhinīm = sarva-saukhya-pravarddhinīm; tathāpare = tathā + apare.
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It advises cultivating inner peace (śānti) as the source of happiness and practicing equanimity (samatā) toward friends, enemies, and all others.
It frames ethics as self-other parity: treat others (apare) with the same regard you naturally extend to yourself (ātman).
Because śānti reduces inner conflict and reactive behavior, making well-being stable and allowing harmonious relations—conditions that support ‘all happiness’ (sarva-saukhya).