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TEXT 43

śauryaṁ tejo dhṛtir dākṣyaṁ
yuddhe cāpy apalāyanam
dānam īśvara-bhāvaś ca
kṣātraṁ karma svabhāva-jam

śauryam – heroism; tejaḥ – power; dhṛtiḥ – determination; dākṣyam – resourcefulness; yuddhe – in battle; ca – and; api – also; apalāyanam – not fleeing; dānam – generosity; īśvara – of leadership; bhāvaḥ – the nature; ca – and; kṣātram – of a kṣatriya; karma – duty; svabhāva-jam – born of his own nature.

Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity and leadership are the natural qualities of work for the kṣatriyas.

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