Chapter 16Verse 3 of 24

Bhagavad Gita 16.3

तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता । भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥

tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucam adroho nāti-mānitā bhavanti sampadaṁ daivīm abhijātasya bhārata

Translation

Vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hatred, freedom from over-pride: these belong, O Bharata, to one born to the divine endowment.

Third verse closes the daiva roster. Tejas is brightness that does not need to dim others to shine. Kshama is bearing capacity that absorbs without storing grudge. Dhriti is the will that does not quit mid-sadhana. Shaucha is purity of body, speech, and inner chamber. Adroha is settled non-malice even toward those who wronged. Nati-manita refuses pride about progress. Read the three verses together and an entire human shows up: brave, steady, kind, exact, free of cruelty, free of swagger. Krishna does not call this rare. He calls it daivi sampad, the inheritance of the seeker born toward freedom. Roster ends with abhijatasya: born to it. Not earned by accident, not given as luck. Practice claims it slowly.

Reflection

Name one practice you will repeat this week to claim a daivi quality already half-present in you.

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