In plain words
ahiṃsā, truthfulness, absence of anger, tyāga, peacefulness, freedom from slander, compassion for beings, absence of greed, gentleness, modesty, and steadiness,
Word for word
Ahiṃsā, truthfulness, absence of anger, tyāga, calm of mind, absence of slander, compassion toward beings, freedom from greed, gentleness, modesty, freedom from restlessness,
अहिंसा सत्यमक्रोधस्त्यागः शान्तिरपैशुनम्दया भूतेष्वलोलुप्त्वं मार्दवं ह्रीरचापलम्
Other commentaries
The commentators
▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam
किञ्च —
अहिंसा अहिंसनं प्राणिनां पीडावर्जनम् । सत्यम् अप्रियानृतवर्जितं यथाभूतार्थवचनम् । अक्रोधः परैः आक्रुष्टस्य अभिहतस्य वा प्राप्तस्य क्रोधस्य उपशमनम् । त्यागः संन्यासः, पूर्वं दानस्य उक्तत्वात् । शान्तिः अन्तःकरणस्य उपशमः । अपैशुनं अपिशुनता ; परस्मै पररन्ध्रप्रकटीकरणं पैशुनम् , तदभावः अपैशुनम् । दया कृपा भूतेषु दुःखितेषु । अलोलुप्त्वम् इन्द्रियाणां विषयसंनिधौ अविक्रिया । मार्दवं मृदुता अक्रौर्यम् । ह्रीः लज्जा । अचापलम् असति प्रयोजने वाक्पाणिपादादीनाम् अव्यापारयितृत्वम् ॥ २ ॥
In plain words
And there's more —
'Non-injury' means not causing pain to any living being. 'Truthfulness' means speech free of both unkindness and falsehood, saying things exactly as they are. 'Freedom from anger' means calming any anger that arises from being insulted or struck by others. 'Renunciation' means real letting-go, distinct from giving, which was already covered. 'Peace' means the restraint of the mind itself. 'Freedom from talebearing' means simply not being one who exposes another's faults to a third person; that exposing is talebearing, and its absence is this quality. 'Compassion' means kindness toward beings who are suffering. 'Freedom from covetousness' means the senses staying unmoved even in the presence of their objects. 'Gentleness' means softness, the absence of cruelty. 'Modesty' means a natural sense of shame. And 'steadiness' means not setting speech, hands, feet, and the rest into motion when there is no real purpose for it.
Close to the Sanskrit
Moreover —
'Ahiṃsā' means non-injury, the avoidance of causing pain to living beings. 'Satya' means speech free from the unpleasant and the untrue, the speaking of a matter as it actually is. 'Akrodha' means the calming of anger that has arisen from being reviled or struck by others. 'Tyāga' means renunciation, since giving has already been stated earlier. 'Śānti' means the restraint of the inner organ. 'Apaiśuna' means the state of not being a talebearer; the revealing to another of another's faults is 'paiśuna,' the absence of that is 'apaiśuna.' 'Dayā' means compassion toward beings who are suffering. 'Aloluptva' means non-agitation of the senses in the presence of their objects. 'Mārdava' means gentleness, non-harshness. 'Hrī' means modesty. 'Acāpala' means, in the absence of purpose, the non-employment of speech, hands, feet, etc. || 2 ||