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“True strength looks like forgiveness, steadiness, and no need to dominate.”
Splendor, forgiveness, steadiness, purity, absence of hostility, and lack of pride belong to the one born with divine qualities, O Bharata.
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A person with noble qualities shows strength, forgiveness, steadiness, purity, no hostility, and no pride.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga" (The Divine and Demoniac Natures).
Verse 3 sits in Chapter 16 of the Bhagavad Gita — Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga, "The Divine and Demoniac Natures". The chapter has 24 verses in total.
A tense family dinner turns sharp, and everyone is waiting for you to strike back. This verse says real strength can stay clean, calm, and uninflated under pressure.
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It shifts attention from outer success to the inner traits that reveal a disciplined character.
What this verse means
A person with noble qualities shows strength, forgiveness, steadiness, purity, no hostility, and no pride.
Context & commentary
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Krishna is listing the qualities that mark a truly noble person. After naming nonviolence, truth, and self-control, he adds the traits that make divine character visible in action.
Why this verse still matters
A tense family dinner turns sharp, and everyone is waiting for you to strike back. This verse says real strength can stay clean, calm, and uninflated under pressure.
“You can measure character by how powerfully someone stays gentle.”