| 3. Energy, forgiveness;
fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride ; these belong to
one born for a divine lot, O Bharata · Tejas means energy, not brightness
of the skin. Forgiveness: unaffectedness when beaten or reviled. We have
explained absence of anger to mean suppression of anger when it arises.
Thus forgiveness and absence of anger should be distinguished from each
other. Fortitude: that state of mind (antahkarana) which removes the exhaustion
of the body and senses when they droop down, and upheld by which the body
and senses no longer get dejected. Purity: of the two sorts, the external
and the internal ; the one being accomplished by means of earths and water,
the other consisting in the taintlessness of mind and heart, in freedom
from impurities such as deception and passion. absence of hatred: absence
of a desire to injure others. Pride: consists in supposing oneself worthy
of a high honor. Thesefrom fearlessness to absence of prideare found in
one who is born for a divine lot, i.e who is worthy of the powers of the
Devas, i.e for whom there is happiness in store. Materialistic disposition.Here
follows a description of the demoniac (asuric) nature. |
| 3. being without Chapala (fickleness),
being Pragalbha (bold, resolute, eloquent), having kshama (forgiveness),
having Dhairya (bravery), having Shibhitwa (cleanliness), having Adroha
(absence of hatred), having no Abhimaana (pride) all these are to be found
is one who is born with Daivee sampat (divine propensities). |
