Shloka 12
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
जो जगत्में निन्दा करानेवाले और आवेशमें डालनेके कारण अप्रिय प्रतीत होनेवाले प्रज्वलित क्रोधको रोक लेता है, चित्तमें कोई विकार या दोष नहीं आने देता, प्रसन्न रहता और दूसरोंके दोष नहीं देखता है, वह पुरुष अपने प्रति शत्रुभाव रखनेवाले लोगोंके पुण्य ले लेता है ।।
ākruśyamāno na vadāmi kiñcit kṣamāmy ahaṃ tāḍyamānaś ca nityam | śreṣṭha hy etad yat kṣamām āhur āryāḥ satyaṃ tathaivārjavam ānṛśaṃsyam ||
天鹅（Haṃsa）说道：“纵使我被辱骂，我亦不回一言；纵使我被击打，我亦常常宽恕。因为圣贤称此为至上之道——忍辱（宽恕）、真实、正直与悲悯。能制伏那引发怨敌的炽烈之怒，使心不生乖僻与过失，安然自若，不搜寻他人之短者，便将那些怀敌意之人的功德引归自身。”
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest conduct is to restrain anger and respond to abuse or injury with forgiveness. Such forbearance, joined with truth, integrity, and compassion, protects the mind from fault and is presented as a superior dharmic path.
In Śānti Parva’s ethical instruction, the Haṃsa speaks as a moral teacher, describing his own discipline: he does not retaliate when insulted or harmed, and he upholds the virtues praised by the noble as the best way of life.