As gold is tested in four ways by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating –so a man should be tested by these four things: his renunciation, his conduct, his qualities, and his actions.
yathā caturbhiḥ kanakaṃ parīkṣyate nigharṣaṇacchedanatāpatāḍanaiḥ | tathā caturbhiḥ puruṣaḥ parīkṣyate tyāgena śīlena guṇena karmaṇā ||
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