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Ramayana 3.83

Ramayana · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith

With raised hands reverently meek He heard the holy hermit speak, And humbly thus addressed the sire Whose glory shone like kindled fire:
Ramayana 3.83 · Ramayana · 3

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Humility in other traditions

The same theme, as Christianity, Islam, Hellenism and Buddhism address it.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians 4:2 · Bible · Ephesians
They fall down on their faces, weeping, and it increaseth humility in them.
Quran 17:109 · Quran
He said, nor answer’d Priam’s warlike son; When Helen thus with lowly grace begun:
Iliad 6.33 · Iliad · 6
Is there in this world any man so restrained by humility that he does not mind reproof, as a well-trained horse the whip?
Dhp 10.143 · Dhammapada · Punishment

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