Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 16

Bhagavad Gita 16.2

अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्।दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्॥

ahinsā satyam akrodhas tyāgaḥ śhāntir apaiśhunam dayā bhūteṣhv aloluptvaṁ mārdavaṁ hrīr achāpalam

Translation

Harmlessness, truth, absence of wrath, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion to living beings, uncovetousness, mildness, modesty, absence of fickleness,

What it means

Nonviolence, truth, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranquility, freedom from fault-finding, compassion for all beings, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, steadiness. The list keeps going, social and inward at once. Divinity is detailed enough to be practiced.

Try this today

The list continues across speech, temper, and stance toward others - gentleness included as strength.

Something to reflect on

Which quiet virtue - gentleness, modesty, freedom from fault-finding - do I underrate?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.