Shloka 3
Sāttvika-vṛtta-kathana (Brahmā on the Conduct of Sattva) — Chapter 38
क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च समता सत्यमार्जवम् | अक्रोधश्वानसूया च शौचं दाक्ष्यं पराक्रम:,आनन्द, प्रसन्नता, उन्नति, प्रकाश, सुख, कृपणताका अभाव, निर्भयता, संतोष, श्रद्धा, क्षमा, धैर्य, अहिंसा, समता, सत्य, सरलता, क्रोधका अभाव, किसीके दोष न देखना, पवित्रता, चतुरता और पराक्रम--ये सत्त्वगुणके कार्य हैं
kṣamā dhṛtir ahiṃsā ca samatā satyam ārjavam | akrodhaś cān asūyā ca śaucaṃ dākṣyaṃ parākramaḥ ||
Dijo el dios Vāyu: «La paciencia, la firmeza, la no violencia (ahiṃsā), la ecuanimidad, la veracidad y la rectitud; la ausencia de ira, el no buscar faltas en otros, la pureza, la destreza y el valor: tales son las manifestaciones propias de la cualidad de sattva (sattva-guṇa)».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists the hallmark virtues that arise from sattva—clarity and harmony of mind—such as forgiveness, steadiness, non-violence, truth, straightforwardness, freedom from anger, non-carping, purity, competence, and valor.
Vāyu-deva is instructing by defining ethical qualities, specifically identifying which traits are to be recognized as the ‘functions’ or manifestations of the sattva-guṇa.