Chapter 7: Gyaan Vigyana Yoga, verse 12
ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये।
मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि नत्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥
Say itye chaiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāśh cha ye
matta eveti tān viddhi na tvahaṁ teṣhu te mayi
Translation
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.
Swami Sivananda
Those things that are made of the quality of sattva, and those things that are made of the quality of rajas and tamas, know them to have sprung from Me alone. However, I am not in them; they are within Me!
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Know that all those states of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas are from Me alone; however, I am not in them; rather, they are in Me.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Whatever beings are there—whether they are of the Sattva, Rajas, or Tamas strands—be sure that they are from Me; I am not in them, but they are within Me.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Whatever be the nature of their life, whether it be pure, passionate, or ignorant, they are all derived from Me. They are in Me, but I am not in them.
Shri Purohit Swami
(और तो क्या कहूँ) जितने भी सात्त्विक, राजस और तामस भाव हैं, वे सब मुझ से ही होते हैं -- ऐसा समझो। पर मैं उनमें और वे मेरेमें नहीं हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जो भी सात्त्विक (शुद्ध), राजसिक (क्रियाशील) और तामसिक (जड़) भाव हैं, उन सबको तुम मेरे से उत्पन्न हुए जानो; तथापि मैं उनमें नहीं हूँ, वे मुझमें हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.