Bhagavad Gītā: Chapter 7: Text 12
Bhagavad Gītā : Chapter seven: Knowledge of the Absolute, Text 12 ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास् तामसाश् च ये │ ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye मत्त एवेति तान् विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ││ १२ ││ matta eveti tān viddhi na tvahaṁ teṣu te mayi Vocabulary ye —all which; ca— and; eva —certainly; sāttvikāḥ— in goodness; bhāvāḥ— states of being; rājasāḥ— in the mode of passion; tāmasāḥ— in the mode of ignorance; ca— also; ye— all which; mattaḥ— from Me; eva— certainly; iti— thus ; tān— those; viddhi— try to know; na— not; tu— but; aham— I; teṣu— in them; te— they; mayi— in Me. Translate the following verse into English Know that all states of being—be they of goodness, passion or ignorance—are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything, but I am independent. I am not under the modes of material nature, for them, on the contrary, are within Me. ...