Verset 7.12

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये ।

मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥

7.12

Translittération

ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye |

matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṃ teṣu te mayi ||

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Traduction

Whatever beings (and objects) that are pure, active and inert, know that they proceed from Me. They are in Me, yet I am not in them.

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Mot à mot

which
and
indeed
of goodness
states
of passion
of darkness
and
which

from me
alone
thus
them
know
not
but
I
in them
they
in me

Par Sanskrit System · Brouillon automatique · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explication

Krishna turns to the three qualities (guṇa): sattva, clarity; rajas, passion; and tamas, inertia. All states of being shaped by them come from him alone. Yet he adds a paradox: he is not in them, but they are in him. The verse teaches that Krishna is the source of the world's qualities without being limited or coloured by them. Like the sky that holds clouds without being stained, he contains the play of the qualities while remaining free. This sets up the explanation of delusion that follows.