<P> "There is none to compare with Him . There is no parallel to Him, whose glory, verily, is great ." (Yajur Veda 32.3) </P> <P> The number of auspicious qualities of God are countless, with the following six qualities (bhaga) being the most important: </P> <Ul> <Li> Jñāna (omniscience), defined as the power to know about all beings simultaneously </Li> <Li> Aishvarya (sovereignty, derived from the word Ishvara), which consists in unchallenged rule over all </Li> <Li> Shakti (energy), or power, which is the capacity to make the impossible possible </Li> <Li> Bala (strength), which is the capacity to support everything by will and without any fatigue </Li> <Li> Vīrya (vigor), which indicates the power to retain immateriality as the supreme being in spite of being the material cause of mutable creations </Li> <Li> Tejas (splendor), which expresses His self - sufficiency and the capacity to overpower everything by His spiritual effulgence </Li> </Ul> <Li> Jñāna (omniscience), defined as the power to know about all beings simultaneously </Li>

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