Tejas (splendour), kshama (forgiveness), dhriti (fortitude), shaucha (purity), adroha (absence of malice), and naatimaanita (absence of pride)—these, O Bharata, belong to one born with divine qualities. Tejas, kshama, the strength to tolerate others, dhairya (patience), shaucha, purity, the attitude of not bearing malice towards anyone, and absence of pride in the form of not desiring respect for oneself. O Bharata, all these qualities belong to those with divine wealth. In the first verse, the Lord has shown the qualities that express the feelings in the hearts of divine souls. In the second verse, the qualities showing conduct are described, while in the third verse, the qualities describing influence are described. Tejas: Durjanehi anabhibhavan, durjanehi anabhibhavaneeyatvam. Not being afraid of weak elements even if one is powerful is called tejas. Even if others are much more powerful than oneself, and one is full of weakness, then one should not be afraid of them. For example, Prahlada's father was more powerful. And he himself did not have that much power. Still, he was not afraid. That is called tejas. Not being afraid of weak elements even if one is powerful is called tejas. The power to overcome defeat is also called tejas. Does tejas come naturally, or does one have to cultivate this quality? Does this quality have to be cultivated, or is it natural? It comes based on how much oneness one has with God. Tejas rarely comes just like that. If someone has done something in past lives, then because of that, tejas and shurvirta (heroism) are two closely related qualities. If heroism is in someone, then first of all, when does heroism come? When there is atmanishtha (self-realization). Man Man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → And when things get better again, they start playing the small hand-cymbals. So there are such devotees too. Therefore, they cannot be called brilliant. Tejas comes when one has that pride of one's true element, that 'I am not this body'; based on that, tejas comes. If there is some oneness with God in some way, then also tejas comes. If someone has a personal acquaintance with Narendra Modi here, would he be afraid of a big officer? He wouldn't. Why wouldn't he? He knows that we have a connection here. Similarly, tejas comes from a relationship with God. That relationship must be essential. Realization of God. Essential means the realization of God, that 'God is like this,' then he will not be afraid. So, through an essential relationship and the realization of one's own form, tejas comes. Whether you call it brahmavarchasva (spiritual splendor) or brahmatejas, that is called tejas. Others come under its influence; it does not come under anyone's influence. What definition of tejas is given in this? Durjanehi anabhibhavaneeyatvam. Actually, anabhibhavatvam is called tejas. Not being afraid of anyone. Not being overcome or intimidated, thinking, 'Since he is here, what will he do to us, who knows?' Shastriji Maharaj used to give a very nice example that a fire burns up to two pieces of wood, not beyond that. So, if he does something, what will he do? He will do this much; one holds this assumption, assumes that at most he will do this. It burns up to two pieces of wood. What is the strength of a fire? Similarly, he has measured the strength of the opponent, that 'if this is his strength, and we do this much bad, then let it be accepted.' Still, such an influence comes, it comes from the relationship with God. Realization of God and realization of one's own form, and then if there is devotion, such tejas comes to him. Then he is neither afraid of internal enemies nor of external enemies. The power to overcome defeat is almost counted as tejas in that, and in this, it is called anabhibhava, right? Durjanehi anabhibhavaneeyatvam. Anabhibhavaneeyatvam means this cannot be overcome by the wicked, and the other is the power to overcome defeat. Para means enemy. If there is power to suppress the enemy, then it is called tejas. When God's quality is taken as tejas, then the power to overcome defeat is taken. In this, the devotee of God's quality is taken as tejas, so it is parehi anabhibhavaneeya. Not being suppressed by anyone. Especially not being suppressed by the weak. If one yields to the good, that is called devotion and respect. So that is not called being suppressed. Yielding to good people is actually good. What is the harm if one is suppressed by weak people? They make one do weak things. If one is suppressed by weak people, they make one do weak things. So, some tejas is needed there. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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