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Bhagavad Gita · 10.4 · Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God·4 of 42

बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसंमोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमःसुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च

buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ kṣhamā satyaṁ damaḥ śhamaḥ

sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo ’bhāvo bhayaṁ chābhayameva cha

Sanskrit recitation

The source behind everything · 10.1–10.11 · Teaching

Translation

Intellect, wisdom, non-delusion, forgiveness, truth, self-restraint, calmness, happiness, pain, existence or birth, non-existence or death, fear, and also fearlessness.

Meaning

Intellect is the power which the Antahkarana (the fourfold inner instrument -- the mind, the subconscious mind, intellect and egoism) has of understanding subtle objects. Wisdom is knowledge of the Self. Nondelusion is freedom from illusion. It consists in acting with discrimination when anything has to be done or kown at the moment. Patience is the nonagitation of the mind when assaulted or abused. Not thinking of any harm of evil for those who ahve assulted or abused is also patience. Patience is enduring without lamentation the three kinds of pains, Adhyatmika, Adhidaivika and Adhibhautika Taapas. Fever, etc., is Adhyatmika pain. Pain or discomfort from severe cold, heat, too much rain, thunder, and lightning is Adhidaivika pain. Pain from scorpionsting, snakite, and wild animals is Adhibhautika pain.Satyam or truth is veracity. It is speaking of ones own actual or real experience of things as actually heard or seen. There is not the least twisting or exaggeration or the slightest modification of facts. Dama or selfrestraint is control of the external senses. It is withdrawal of the senses (ear, skin, eyes, tongue and nose) from their respective objects (viz., sound, touch, form, palatable foods and fragrance)

After Swami Sivananda

The source behind everything· 10.1–10.11

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
cha
and
eva
certainly
bhayam
fear
satyam
truthfulness
sukham
joy
abhayam
courage
damaḥ
control over the senses
bhavaḥ
birth
jñānam
knowledge
buddhiḥ
intellect
duḥkham
sorrow
kṣhamā
forgiveness
śhamaḥ
control of the mind
abhāvaḥ
death
asammohaḥ
clarity of thought

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