bhāvaḥ

नासतो विद्यते भावो नाभावो विद्यते सतः

bhāvaḥ — is

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

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये

bhāvāḥ — states of material existence

Whatever states arise from clarity, from restlessness, or from inertia — know that they come from me. I am not in them; they are in me.

अधिभूतं क्षरो भावः पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्

bhāvaḥ — nature

The ground of matter is perishable nature; the ground of the gods is the cosmic person; and I am the lord of offerings, here in this body, best of the embodied.

परस्तस्मात्तु भावोऽन्योऽव्यक्तोऽव्यक्तात्सनातनः

bhāvaḥ — creation

But beyond that unmanifest is another, higher, eternal and unmanifest, which does not perish when all beings perish.

अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः

bhāvāḥ — natures

harmlessness, evenness, contentment, austerity, giving, honour and dishonour — the states of beings arise from me alone, in all their variety.

कथं विद्यामहं योगिंस्त्वां सदा परिचिन्तयन्

bhāveṣhu — forms

How am I to know you, master of yoga, by constant meditation? In what forms are you to be thought of?

यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते

bhāvaḥ — nature

One whose nature is free of the sense of being the doer, whose understanding is unstained, does not kill and is not stained, even in killing.

शौर्यं तेजो धृतिर्दाक्ष्यं युद्धे चाप्यपलायनम्

bhāvaḥ — qualities

Valour, vigour, steadfastness, skill, not fleeing in battle, generosity and leadership are the work born of the nature of the warrior.