Chapter 10, Verse 4
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः। सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।10.4।।
buddhirjñānamasaṃmohaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ। sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhavo'bhāvo bhayaṃ cābhayameva ca।।10.4।।
Word by word
- बुद्धिः
- intelligence
- ज्ञानम्
- knowledge
- असंमोहः
- freedom from delusion
- क्षमा
- forgiveness
- सत्यम्
- truthfulness
- दमः
- control of the senses
- शमः
- control of the mind
- सुखम्
- happiness
- दुःखम्
- distress
- भवः
- birth (coming into being)
- अभावः
- death (cessation of being)
- भयम्
- fear
- च
- and
- अभयम्
- fearlessness
- एव
- indeed
- च
- and
Commentary
4-5. Intelligence, wisdom, non-illusion, patience, truth, self-restraint, calmness, pleasure, pain, birth, death, fear, and security ; innocence, equanimity, contentment, austerity, beneficence, fame, shame, (these) different kinds of dispositions of beings arise from Me alone.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain (verses 4-5 discussed as one combined teaching in the source)
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