Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 10.5

Sanskrit

अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः। भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः।।10.5।।

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

Meaning

Your success stems from diverse qualities—courage, calm, gratitude, discipline, generosity. Master all of them; don't dismiss any as weakness or excess.

Translation

Non-injury, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame, and infamy—these different dispositions of beings spring from Me alone.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: