Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 10: The Divine Glories

Bhagavad Gita 10.34

mṛtyuḥ sarvaharaścāhamudbhavaśca bhaviṣyatām | kīrtiḥ śrīrvākca nārīṇāṃ smṛtirmedhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā ||

I am death, which carries off everything, and I am the origin of all that is yet to be. Among qualities named in the feminine I am fame, fortune, speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness, and patience.

Modern context

Death that takes everything, and the birth of everything still to come: both are the divine. Then seven qualities named in the feminine: fame, fortune, speech, memory, intelligence, steadfastness and patience. These are the inner riches that make a life full and admirable. Of them, patience and steadfastness are perhaps the least celebrated and the most valuable. They are what keep the others from being lost.