Moreover,
तेजः क्षमा धृतिः शौचमद्रोहो नातिमानिता ।
भवन्ति सम्पदं दैवीमभिजातस्य भारत ॥ ३ ॥
tejaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ śaucamadroho nātimānitā .
bhavanti sampadaṃ daivīmabhijātasya bhārata .. 3 ..
Energy, forgiveness; fortitude, purity, absence of hatred, absence of pride; these belong to one born for a divine lot, O Bhārata.
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‘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 (antah-karana) 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 desception and passion. Absence of hatred : absence of a desire to injure others. Pride : consists in supposing oneself worthy of a high honor. These—from ‘fearlessness’ to ‘absence of pride’—are 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.