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Bhagavad Gita 10.5

अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः। भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः।।

ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭis tapo dānaṁ yaśo 'yaśaḥ bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pṛthag-vidhāḥ

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ahiṁsāahiṁsānonviolence
samatāsamatāequilibrium
tuṣṭiḥtuṣṭiḥsatisfaction
tapaḥtapaḥpenance
dānamdānamcharity
yaśaḥyaśaḥfame
ayaśaḥayaśaḥinfamy
bhavantibhavantibecome
bhāvāḥbhāvāḥnatures
bhūtānāmbhūtānāmof living entities
mattaḥmattaḥfrom Me
evaevacertainly
pṛthakvidhāḥpṛthakvidhāḥdifferently arranged.

Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, and ill-fame—these different qualities of beings arise from Me alone.

अहिंसा, समता, सन्तोष, तप, दान. यश और अपयश ऐसे ये प्राणियों के नानाविध भाव मुझ से ही प्रकट होते हैं।।