Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 10, Verse 5

Sanskrit Verse

अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः।

भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः।।10.5।।

Transliteration

ahiṁsā samatā tuṣṭis tapo dānaṁ yaśo ‘yaśaḥ bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pṛthag-vidhāḥ

Word meanings

ahiṁsā—nonviolence; samatā—equilibrium; tuṣṭiḥ—satisfaction; tapaḥ—penance; dānam—charity; yaśaḥ—fame; ayaśaḥ—infamy; bhavanti—become; bhāvāḥ—natures; bhūtānām—of living entities; mattaḥ—from Me; eva—certainly; pṛthakvidhāḥ—differently arranged.

Swami Sivananda's translation

Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, and ill-fame—these different qualities of beings arise from Me alone.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 10