bhāvam
- nature
- remembrance
- absorbed in contemplation
- personality
Also appears as bhāva-bhāvitaḥ, bhāva-samanvitāḥ, bhāva-sanśhuddhiḥ
In 7 verses
- 7.15
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः
bhāvam — nature
Those who do harm do not come to me — the deluded, the lowest of people, whose knowledge is carried off by appearance, who have taken the side of what destroys.
- 7.24
अव्यक्तं व्यक्ितमापन्नं मन्यन्ते मामबुद्धयः
bhāvam — nature
The unthinking suppose that I, the unmanifest, have taken on a form — not knowing my higher nature, which does not change.
- 8.6
यं यं वापि स्मरन्भावं त्यजत्यन्ते कलेवरम्
bhāvam — remembrance
Whatever state a person is holding when they let go of the body at the end — to that they go, son of Kunti.
- 9.11
अवजानन्ति मां मूढा मानुषीं तनुमाश्रितम्
bhāvam — personality
The dim-witted disregard me, having taken on a human form — not knowing my higher nature, the great lord of beings.
- 10.8
अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्तः सर्वं प्रवर्तते
bhāva-samanvitāḥ — endowed with great faith and devotion
I am the origin of all; from me everything proceeds. Knowing this, the wise worship me with feeling.
- 17.16
मनःप्रसादः सौम्यत्वं मौनमात्मविनिग्रहः
bhāva-sanśhuddhiḥ — purity of purpose
Serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self-restraint and purity of intent — this is called austerity of the mind.
- 18.20
सर्वभूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययमीक्षते
bhāvam — nature
That knowledge by which one sees one imperishable nature in all beings, undivided in the divided, is of clarity.