Bhagavad Gita · 7.12
॥
Devanāgarī
ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये ।
मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye |
matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ये च एवye ca evaand whatever.
सात्त्विकाः भावाःsāttvikāḥ bhāvāḥstates (bhāvas) in the mode of goodness (sattva).
राजसाःrājasāḥin the mode of passion.
तामसाः च येtāmasāḥ ca yeand whatever in the mode of ignorance.
मत्तः एवmattaḥ evafrom Me alone.
इतिitithus.
तान् विद्धिtān viddhiknow them [all].
न तु अहम्na tu ahambut not I.
तेषुteṣuin them.
ते मयिte mayithey are in Me.
Translation
“Know that all states of being — whether in the mode of goodness, passion or ignorance — proceed from Me alone. But I am not in them; it is they who are in Me.”
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