Lord Krishna

Lord Krishna

Divine Teacher

The Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.

Speaking: Chapter 16, Verse 3

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Verse 3

The Yoga of the Divine and Demonic Natures

Vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, freedom from hatred, and absence of excessive pride — these are the endowments of those born to the divine nature, O Bharata.

Context & Meaning

The catalog of divine qualities concludes with six more. Tejas (vigour, radiance) — the inner fire of a person of character, the quality that lights up a room not through display but through genuine presence. Kṣamā (forgiveness) — not weak toleration but the active choice to release the claim against those who have wronged us, freeing both parties from the chain of grievance. Dhṛti (fortitude) — the steady resolve that does not collapse under pressure. Śauca (purity) — outer and inner cleanliness, the maintenance of the human instrument in a condition worthy of its divine content. Adroha (freedom from malice) — the absence of the poisonous wish to see others fail. And nātimānitā — not excessive pride, the humility that holds one's own importance in correct proportion. Together these three verses constitute the fullest portrait the Gita offers of what a human being can become.

Scholar Commentaries

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Madhvacharya

Dvaita

These divine qualities are not earned by human effort alone — they are sampad, an inheritance, a wealth that flows from the grace of God into the heart that has been prepared to receive it. Nātimānitā — not excessive pride — is the final seal: all the other virtues, if infected by spiritual pride, would corrupt. The truly divine person does not advertise their virtues; they simply live them, as the sun simply shines without announcing its own light.