asat

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः

asataḥ — of the temporary

What is not, never comes to be; what is, never ceases to be. Those who see the truth have seen the end of both.

तपाम्यहमहं वर्षं निगृह्णाम्युत्सृजामि च

asat — temporary matter

I give heat; I withhold the rain and I send it. I am deathlessness and I am death; I am what is, and what is not, Arjuna.

यच्चावहासार्थमसत्कृतोऽसि विहारशय्यासनभोजनेषु

asat-kṛitaḥ — disrespectfully

and for whatever disrespect I showed you in jest, at play or at rest, sitting or eating, alone or in company — for all that I ask your forgiveness, immeasurable one.

ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते

asat — non-existent

I will tell you what is to be known, by knowing which one reaches the deathless: the beginningless highest Brahman, which is said to be neither existent nor non-existent.

काममाश्रित्य दुष्पूरं दम्भमानमदान्विताः

asat — impermanent

Given over to insatiable desire, full of pretence, arrogance and intoxication, in delusion they take up false aims and act on impure resolves.

अदेशकाले यद्दानमपात्रेभ्यश्च दीयते

asat-kṛitam — without respect

A gift given at the wrong place and time, to unworthy people, without regard and with contempt, is said to be of inertia.

अश्रद्धया हुतं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं कृतं च यत्

asat — perishable

But an offering made, a gift given, an austerity practised or an act done without faith is called Asat, Arjuna. It is nothing here, and nothing beyond.