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Bhagavad Gita 16.2

अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्।दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्।।

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ahinsāahinsānon-violence
satyamsatyamtruthfulness
akrodhaḥakrodhaḥabsence of anger
tyāgaḥtyāgaḥrenunciation
śhāntiḥśhāntiḥpeacefulness
apaiśhunamapaiśhunamrestraint from fault-finding
dayādayācompassion
bhūteṣhubhūteṣhutoward all living beings
aloluptvamaloluptvamabsence of covetousness
mārdavammārdavamgentleness
hrīḥhrīḥmodesty
achāpalamachāpalamlack of fickleness

Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation, peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion for beings, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, and absence of fickleness.

अहिंसा, सत्य, क्रोध का अभाव, त्याग, शान्ति, अपैशुनम् (किसी की निन्दा न करना), भूतमात्र के प्रति दया, अलोलुपता , मार्दव (कोमलता), लज्जा, अचंचलता।।