Bhagavad Gita 16.2
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्। दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्।।16.2।।
ahiṃsā satyamakrodhastyāgaḥ śāntirapaiśunam| dayā bhūteṣvaloluptvaṃ mārdavaṃ hrīracāpalam||16.2||
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- अहिंसा
- non-violence
- सत्यम्
- truthfulness
- अक्रोधः
- absence of anger
- त्यागः
- renunciation
- शान्तिः
- tranquility
- अपैशुनम्
- absence of slander/malice
- दया
- compassion
- भूतेषु
- towards beings
- अलोलुप्त्वम्
- absence of greed/covetousness
- मार्दवम्
- gentleness
- ह्रीः
- modesty/shame (at wrongdoing)
- अचापलम्
- steadiness (absence of fickleness)
Commentary
renunciation, serenity, absence of calumny, com- passion to creatures, uncovetousness, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness ;
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अहिंसा
सत्यम्
अक्रोधः
त्यागः
शान्तिः
अपैशुनम्
दया
भूतेषु
अलोलुप्त्वम्
मार्दवम्
ह्रीः
अचापलम्
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