BG 13.8

Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanliness, steadiness and self-control;

13.8. Absence of pride; absence of hypocricy; harm-lessness; patience; uprightness; service to the preceptor; purity [of mind and body]; steadfastness; self-control;

13.8 Humility, sincerity, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the Master, purity, steadfastness, self-control;

13.8 See Comment under 13.12

13.8 'Amanitva' means freedom from superiority complex towards eminent people. 'Adambhitva': 'Dambha' is the practice of Dharma for winning fame as a virtuous person; freedom from it is Adambhitva. 'Ahima' is absence of tendency to injure others by speech, mind and body. 'Ksanti' is the tendency of keeping the mind unmodified even when harmed by others. 'Arjava' means having a uniform disposition towards others in speech, mind and body. 'Acaryopasana' means being intent in prostrating, estioning, performing service etc., in regard to the teacher who imparts the knowledge of the self. 'Sauca' is the competence of the mind, speech and body, as enjoined by the Sastras, for the knowledge of the self and the means of this attainment. 'Sthairya' is possessing unshakable faith in the Sastras concerning the self. 'Atma-vinigraha' means the turning away from all objects that are different in nature from the self.

13.8 Amanitvam, humility-the ality of a vain person is manitvam, boasting about oneself; the absence of that is amanitvam. Adambhitvam, unpretentiousness- proclaming one's own virtues is dambhitvam; the absence of that is adambhitvam. Ahimsa, non-injury, absence of cruely towards creatures; ksantih, for-bearance, remaining undisturbed when offened by others; arjavam, sincerity, uprightness, absence of crookedness; acarya-upasanam, service of the teacher, attending on the teacher who instructs in the disciplines for Liberation, through acts of service etc.; saucam, cleanliness-washing away the dirt from the body with earth and water, and internally, removing the 'dirt' of the mind such as attachment etc. by thinking of their opposites; sthairyam, steadiness, perseverance in the path to Liberation alone; atma-vinigrahah, control of the aggregate of body and organs which is referred to by the word 'self', but which is inimical to the Self; restricting only to the right path that (aggregate) which naturally strays away in all directions. Further,

13.8 Modesty, absence of ostentation, non-injury, patience, sincerity, service of the preceptor, purity, firmness and self-restraint;

13.8 Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, for-bearance, sincerity, service of the teacher, cleanliness, steadiness, control of body and organs;