Bhagavad Gita 7.12 meaningSeeing the divine in everything
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Every mood — calm, busy or sleepy — comes from me.”
What it means
“All states of being — calm, restless or dull — come from me. But I am not in them; they are in me.”
The original Sanskrit
ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये । मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥
ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṃ teṣu te mayi
Translations
Literal translation
Those things that indeed are made of (the quality of ) sattva, and those things that are made of (the quality of) rajas and tamas, know them to have sprung from Me alone. However, I am not in them; they are in Me!
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जो भी सात्त्विक (शुद्ध), राजसिक (क्रियाशील) और तामसिक (जड़) भाव हैं, उन सबको तुम मेरे से उत्पन्न ह ुए जानो; तथापि मैं उनमें नहीं हूँ, वे मुझमें हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Go deeper
Commentaries
How great teachers across 1,200 years have explained this verse.
Loading commentaries…
Keep reading · 7.13“The world is so absorbed in these three moods of nature that it doesn't recognise me, who am beyond them and unchanging.”