ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये | मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ||७-१२||
ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye . matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṃ teṣu te mayi ||7-12||
Chapter 7 · Verse 12
Jnana Vijnana Yoga
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
Translation
7.12 Know that all those states of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are from Me alone. But I am not in them; they are in Me.
Meaning
This is a world of the three Gunas viz.. Sattva (purity). Rajas (passion) and Tamas (inertia). All sentient and insentient objects are the aggregate of these three alities of Nature. One ality predominates in them and the predominant ality imparts to the object its distinctive character or definite properties. In the gods sages milk and green gram. Sattva is predominant. In Gandharvas (a class of celestials) kings warriors and chillies. Rajas is predominant. In demons. Sudras garlic onion and meat. Tamas is predominant. Though these beings and objects proceed from Me. I am not in them they are in Me. I am independent. I am the support for them they depend on Me just as the superimposed snake depends on the rope. The snake is in the rope but the rope is never in the snake. The waves belong to the ocean but the ocean does not belong to the waves. (Cf. IX.4and6)
Word by word
ये whatever च and एव even सात्त्विकाः pure भावाः natures राजसाः active तामसाः inert च and ये whatever मत्तः from Me एव even इति thus तान् them विद्धि know न not तु indeed अहम् I तेषु in them ते they मयि in Me.