Bhagavad Gita · Verse 7.12

Chapter 7: Jnana Vijnana Yoga (ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगः)

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

(The Supreme Lord said)

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये । मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥१२॥

ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye | matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṃ teṣu te mayi ||12||

Complete Shloka Translation

Know that states arising from sattva, rajas and tamas come from Me alone. Yet I am not in them; they are in Me.

Narrative Context: The gunas depend on Krishna, who transcends them.

15 words

Sanskrit Term (पद)	IAST Roman	English Meaning
सात्त्विकाः	sāttvikāḥ	arising from sattva
भावाः	bhāvāḥ	states or dispositions
ये	ye	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
चैव	caiva	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
सात्त्विका	sāttvikā	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
भावा	bhāvā	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
राजसास्तामसाश्च	rājasāstāmasāśca	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
मत्त	matta	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
एवेति	eveti	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
तान्विद्धि	tānviddhi	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
त्वहं	na	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
तेषु	tvahaṃ	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
ते	teṣu	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
मयि	te	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...
१२	mayi	[term] in context of Know that states arising from ...

सात्त्विकाःsāttvikāḥ

arising from sattva

भावाःbhāvāḥ

states or dispositions

येye