क्षमा
Kshama
Forgiveness and patience
📜Understanding Kshama
Kshama encompasses both forgiveness and patience, two qualities that are deeply intertwined. Forgiveness is the capacity to release resentment and the desire for revenge, while patience is the ability to endure difficulties and delays without becoming disturbed. Together, they represent a profound strength of character that allows us to remain centered when life tests us.
🕉️Related Shlokas(15)
Gita 2.14
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2
Sensory experiences of pleasure and pain are fleeting contacts that come and go—endure them with steadfast patience, for they are not permanent.
Gita 2.63
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2
Anger clouds the mind, clouded mind forgets wisdom, forgotten wisdom destroys judgment, and without judgment, one is utterly lost.
Gita 3.38
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 3
Like fire veiled by smoke, mirror by dust, embryo by womb—so is wisdom covered by desire.
📖Related Stories(15)
King Ambarisha and Durvasa
→Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 9, Chapters 4-5
King Ambarisha's devotion was tested when sage Durvasa took offense at him breaking his Ekadashi fast. Durvasa created a demon to kill the king, but Vishnu's Sudarshana Chakra destroyed it and chased Durvasa across the universe until he sought Ambarisha's forgiveness.
Kabandha the Cursed Demon
→Ramayana
A celestial being cursed to become a headless demon with his face in his torso. Rama and Lakshmana liberated him by cremating his body, and he guided them toward finding Sita.
💬Related Dialogues(15)
Draupadi and Krishna - Why Did You Come Late?
→Draupadi & Krishna
Divine intervention is presence, not prevention. Suffering that is witnessed matters differently than suffering unseen. Some relationships survive without forgiveness, sustained by need and purpose.
Rama and Sugriva - The Broken Promise
→Rama & Sugriva / Lakshmana
Patience is not passivity—it is controlled power waiting for the right moment. Broken promises cannot be unmade by apologies; they can only be answered by action. Kindness does not preclude capability for destruction.