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Title: Qualities to strive for.
Post by: Jitendra Hydonus on Mar 15, 2016 01:24 pm
From chapter XVI stanza 1-3

1: Fearlessness (abhayam)
2: Purity of heart (sattva samshuddhi)
3: Steadfastness (jnanayogavyavasthithi)
4: Almsgiving (dana)
5: Self-restraint (dama)
6: Religious rites (yagnas)
7: Right study of the scriptures (swadhyaya)
8: Self discipline (tapas)
9: Straightforwardness (arjavam)
10: Noninjury (ahimsa)
11: Truth (satya)
12: Absense of wrath (akrodha)
13: Renunciation (tyaga)
14: Peace (shanthi)
15: Absence of fault-finding and calumny (apaishunam)
16: Compassion toward all beings (daya)
17: Noncovetousness, absence of greed (aloluptvam)
18: Gentleness (mardavam)
19: Modesty (hri)
20: Absence of restlessness (achapalam)
21: Radiance of character (tejas)
22: Forgiveness (kshama)
23: Patience or fortitude (dhriti)
24: Cleanness of body and purity of mind (shaucha)
25: Nonhatred (adroha)
26: Lack of conceit (na atimanita)