10.5 The states of beings Krishna speaks
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
harmlessness, evenness, contentment, austerity, giving, honour and dishonour — the states of beings arise from me alone, in all their variety.
Explanation
The states of beings arise from me alone.
Harmlessness, evenness, contentment, austerity, giving — and honour and dishonour.
Set against 7.12 — they are in me; I am not in them — the claim is careful. These states come from him and do not constitute him, which is what lets the list include its own opposites.
Word by word
- ahiṁsā
- nonviolence
- samatā
- equilibrium
- tuṣṭiḥ
- satisfaction
- tapaḥ
- penance
- dānam
- charity
- yaśaḥ
- fame
- ayaśaḥ
- infamy
- bhavanti
- become
- bhāvāḥ
- natures
- bhūtānām
- of living entities
- mattaḥ
- from Me
- eva
- certainly
- pṛthakvidhāḥ
- differently arranged.
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