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10.4 Even fear comes from me Krishna speaks

बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः
सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च

buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ kṣhamā satyaṁ damaḥ śhamaḥ
sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo ’bhāvo bhayaṁ chābhayameva cha

Understanding, knowledge, clarity, patience, truthfulness, restraint of the senses, calm of mind, pleasure and pain, coming to be and ceasing to be, fear and fearlessness,

Explanation

And then a list that includes fear.

Understanding, knowledge, clarity, patience, truth, restraint, calm — and then pleasure and pain, coming to be and ceasing, fear and fearlessness.

Both halves of each pair. This is 9.19's symmetry arriving in a psychological register: nothing in a person is left outside the account.

Word by word

buddhiḥ
intellect
jñānam
knowledge
asammohaḥ
clarity of thought
kṣhamā
forgiveness
satyam
truthfulness
damaḥ
control over the senses
śhamaḥ
control of the mind
sukham
joy
duḥkham
sorrow
bhavaḥ
birth
abhāvaḥ
death
bhayam
fear
cha
and
abhayam
courage
eva
certainly
cha
and