Brahma Purana — Shiva on Dharma: Nonviolence, Truthful Speech, Mental Discipline, and the Karmic Causes of Heaven and Longevity, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स्तैन्यान् निवृत्ताः सततं संतुष्टाः स्वधनेन च स्वभाग्यान्य् उपजीवन्ति ते नराः स्वर्गगामिनः //

Translation

Verse 224.13 presents the ancient mode of instruction, joining dharma and knowledge in the puranic spirit.

Speaker

• Narrative instruction (speaker not specified within this verse); addressed generally