Chapter 16 Verse 2 of 24

• śrī-bhagavān uvāca
• abhayaḿ sattva-saḿśuddhir
• jñāna-yoga-vyavasthitiḥ
• dānaḿ damaś ca yajñaś ca
• svādhyāyas tapa ārjavam
• ahiḿsā satyam akrodhas
• tyāgaḥ śāntir apaiśunam
• dayā bhūteṣv aloluptvaḿ
• mārdavaḿ hrīr acāpalam
• tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucam
• adroho nāti-mānitā
• bhavanti sampadaḿ daivīm
• abhijātasya bhārata

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Fearlessness; purification of one's existence; cultivation of spiritual knowledge; charity; self-control; performance of sacrifice; study of the Vedas; austerity; simplicity; nonviolence; truthfulness; freedom from anger; renunciation; tranquillity; aversion to faultfinding; compassion for all living entities; freedom from covetousness; gentleness; modesty; steady determination; vigor; forgiveness; fortitude; cleanliness; and freedom from envy and from the passion for honor — these transcendental qualities, O son of Bharata, belong to godly men endowed with divine nature.

Synonyms

• uvāca

  the Supreme Personality of Godhead said

• abhayam

  fearlessness

• saḿśuddhiḥ

  purification of one's existence

• jñāna

  in knowledge

• yoga

  of linking up

• vyavasthitiḥ

  the situation

• dānam

  charity

• damaḥ

  controlling the mind

• ca

  and

• yajñaḥ

  performance of sacrifice

• ca

  and

• svādhyāyaḥ

  study of Vedic literature

• tapaḥ

  austerity

• ārjavam

  simplicity

• ahiḿsā

  nonviolence

• satyam

  truthfulness

• akrodhaḥ

  freedom from anger

• tyāgaḥ

  renunciation

• śāntiḥ

  tranquillity

• apaiśunam

  aversion to fault-finding

• dayā

  mercy

• bhūteṣu

  towards all living entities

• aloluptvam

  freedom from greed

• mārdavam

  gentleness

• hrīḥ

  modesty

• acāpalam

  determination

• tejaḥ

  vigor

• kṣamā

  forgiveness

• dhṛtiḥ

  fortitude

• śaucam

  cleanliness

• adrohaḥ

  freedom from envy

• na

  not

• mānitā

  expectation of honor

• bhavanti

  are

• sampadam

  the qualities

• daivīm

  the transcendental nature

• abhijātasya

  of one who is born of

• bhārata

  O son of Bharata.

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