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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, Verse 2

Divine and Demoniac Natures

अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्।दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्

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

What does Bhagavad Gita 16.2 mean?

Non-violence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of slander, compassion toward all beings, freedom from covetousness, gentleness, modesty, and steadiness—

Word-by-word meaning

ahinsā—non-violence · satyam—truthfulness · akrodhaḥ—absence of anger · tyāgaḥ—renunciation · śhāntiḥ—peacefulness · apaiśhunam—restraint from fault-finding · dayā—compassion · bhūteṣhu—toward all living beings · aloluptvam—absence of covetousness · mārdavam—gentleness · hrīḥ—modesty · achāpalam—lack of fickleness ·

soulangerpeacewisdomrenunciationnaturewarcompassioncontrol

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