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Bhagavad Gita 7.12

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये। मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि नत्वहं तेषु ते मयि।।

ye chaiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāśh cha ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tvahaṁ teṣhu te mayi

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yeyewhatever
chachaand
evaevacertainly
sāttvikāḥsāttvikāḥin the mode of goodness
bhāvāḥbhāvāḥstates of material existence
rājasāḥrājasāḥin the mode of passion
tāmasāḥtāmasāḥin the mode of ignorance
chachaand
yeyewhatever
mattaḥmattaḥfrom me
evaevacertainly
itiitithus
tāntānthose
viddhividdhiknow
nananot
tutubut
ahamahamI
teṣhuteṣhuin them
tetethey
mayimayiin me

Whatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active, and inert, know that they proceed from Me. They are in Me, yet I am not in them.

जो भी सात्त्विक (शुद्ध), राजसिक (क्रियाशील) और तामसिक (जड़) भाव हैं, उन सबको तुम मेरे से उत्पन्न हुए जानो; तथापि मैं उनमें नहीं हूँ, वे मुझमें हैं।।