Bhagavad Gita 10.5अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः।भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः ॥
ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭis tapo dānaṁ yaśo 'yaśaḥ
bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pṛthag-vidhāḥ
Sanskrit recitation
The source behind everything · 10.1–10.11 · Teaching
Translation
Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, and ill-fame—these different qualities of beings arise from Me alone.
Hindi translation
।।10.4 -- 10.5।। बुद्धि, ज्ञान, असम्मोह, क्षमा, सत्य, दम, शम, सुख, दुःख, भव, अभाव, भय, अभय, अहिंसा, समता, तुष्टि, तप, दान, यश और अपयश -- प्राणियोंके ये अनेक प्रकारके और अलग-अलग (बीस) भाव मेरेसे ही होते हैं।
Meaning
Ahimsa is noninjury to living beings in thought, word and deed. Samata is that state wherein there is neither Raga (like) nor Dvesha (dislike), when one gets pleasant or unpleasant objects. There is neither exhilaration when one gets pleasant or favourable objects nor depressions when one gets unpleasant or unfavourable objects. Tushtih is satisfaction or contentment. The man of contentment is satisfied with whatever object he gets through Prarabdha. He is satisfied with his present acisitions. He is free from greed and so he has peace of mind. Contentment makes a man very rich. It annihilates greed. Greed makes even a rich man a beggar of beggars. A greedy man is ever restless. Tapas is restraint of the senses, with bodily mortification through the practice of fasting and slow reduction of food. The strength of the body and the senses is reduced through fasting.Danam is beneficence. It is sharing of ones own things with others according to ones own means, or distribution of rice, gold, cloth, etc., to a worthy person, in a fit place and time, especially to one who can do nothign in return.Yasas is fame due to Dharma or virtuous actions.Ayasah is illfame or disgrace due to Adharma or sinful actions.All these different kinds of alities of living beings arise from Me alone, the great Lord of the worlds, according to their respective Karmas.
After Swami Sivananda
The source behind everything· 10.1–10.11→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 10.1The Blessed Lord said, Again, O mighty-armed Arjuna, listen to my supreme word which I…
- 10.2Neither the hosts of the gods nor the great sages know My origin; for I am the source of…
- 10.3He who knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great Lord of the worlds, he among…
- 10.4Intellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness,…
10.5Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, and ill-fame—these…
- 10.6The seven great sages, the ancient four, and the Manus, possessing powers like Mine (due…
- 10.7He who truly knows these manifold manifestations of My Being and this Yoga-power of Mine,…
- 10.8I am the source of all; from me everything evolves; Understanding this, the wise, endowed…
- 10.9With their minds and lives wholly absorbed in Me, they enlighten each other and ever speak…
- 10.10To those who are ever steadfast, worshipping me with love, I give the yoga of…
- 10.11Out of mere compassion for them, I, dwelling within their selves, destroy the darkness…
Word-by-word→
- eva
- certainly
- dānam
- charity
- samatā
- equilibrium
- tapaḥ
- penance
- bhavanti
- become
- mattaḥ
- from Me
- yaśaḥ
- fame
- ahiṁsā
- nonviolence
- ayaśaḥ
- infamy
- bhāvāḥ
- natures
- bhūtānām
- of living entities
- tuṣṭiḥ
- satisfaction
- pṛthakvidhāḥ
- differently arranged.
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