The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Fearlessness; purification of one’s existence; cultivation of spiritual knowledge; charity; self-control; performance of sacrifice; study of the Vedas; austerity; simplicity; nonviolence; truthfulness; freedom from anger; renunciation; tranquillity; aversion to faultfinding; compassion for all living entities; freedom from covetousness; gentleness; modesty; steady determination; vigor; forgiveness; fortitude; cleanliness; and freedom from envy and from the passion for honor—these transcendental qualities, O son of Bharata, belong to godly men endowed with divine nature.
sri-bhagavan uvaca
abhayam sattva-samsuddhir
jnana-yoga-vyavasthitih
danam damas ca yajnas ca
svadhyayas tapa arjavam
ahimsa satyam akrodhas
tyagah shantir apaisunam
daya bhutesv aloluptvam
mardavam hrir acapalam
tejah ksama dhrtih shaucam
adroho nati-manita
bhavanti sampadam daivim
abhijatasya bharata
My notes:
Vedas — Hindu canonical scriptures. But the allusion is more indicative of any holy text.
Son of Bharata — Arjun
The original Bhagavad Gita is in Sanskrit.
The quotation is from the Song of the Lord, the Bhagavad Gita.
