Bhagavad Gita BG 16.3
Chapter 16, Verse 3 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता । भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीम् अभिजातस्य भारत ॥
tejah kshama dhrtih shaucam adroho natimanita bhavanti sampadam daivim abhijatasya bharata
Meaning
Splendor, patience, fortitude, purity, absence of malice, and no excessive pride — these are the qualities of one born to the divine estate, O Bharata.
Understanding
Completing the daivi sampat list: tejah (splendor, brilliance — the natural radiance of a pure person). Kshama (patience, forgiveness). Dhriti (fortitude, steadiness). Shaucha (purity). Adroha (absence of malice, non-hostility). Na-atimanita (no excessive pride — not claiming more honor than is due). Bhavanti sampadam daivim abhijatasya (these are the qualities of one born to the divine estate). The divine qualities are a portrait of wholeness — every virtue from fearlessness to patience to non-pride is part of the daivi sampat.
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| तेजः | tejah | splendor, radiance, brilliance |
| क्षमा | kshama | patience, forgiveness, forbearance |
| धृतिः | dhrtih | fortitude, steadiness, resolve |
| अद्रोहः | adrohah | absence of malice, non-hostility |
| नातिमानिता | natimanita | not excessively proud, not claiming undue honor |
| अभिजातस्य | abhijatasya | of one who is born to/endowed with (divine estate) |
| तेजः | tejaḥ | vigor, radiance |
| क्षमा | kṣamā | forgiveness |
| धृतिः | dhṛtiḥ | steadiness, fortitude |
| शौचम् | śaucam | cleanliness, purity |
| अद्रोहः | adrohaḥ | freedom from envy |
| न | nātimanita | absence of excessive honor-seeking |
| भवन्ति | bhavanti | are, they become |
| सम्पदम् | sampādam | the qualities |
| दैवीम् | daivīm | divine |
| अभिजातस्य | abhijātasya | of one born |
| भारत | bhārata | O Arjuna |