Bhagavad Gita 13.10
Sanskrit
Transliteration
nityaṁ cha sama-chittatvam iṣhṭāniṣhṭopapattiṣhu
Synonyms
amānitvam: humility;
adambhitvam: pridelessness;
ahiṁsā: nonviolence;
kṣāntiḥ: tolerance;
ārjavam: simplicity;
ācārya: upāsanam — approaching a bona fide spiritual master;
śaucam: cleanliness;
sthairyam: steadfastness;
ātma: vinigrahaḥ — self-control;
indriya: artheṣu — in the matter of the senses;
vairāgyam: renunciation;
anahaṅkāraḥ: being without false egoism;
eva: certainly;
ca: also;
janma: of birth;
mṛtyu: death;
jarā: old age;
vyādhi: and disease;
duḥkha: of the distress;
doṣa: the fault;
anudarśanam: observing;
asaktiḥ: being without attachment;
anabhiṣvaṅgaḥ: being without association;
putra: for son;
dāra: wife;
gṛha: ādiṣu — home, etc.;
nityam: constant;
ca: also;
sama: cittatvam — equilibrium;
iṣṭa: the desirable;
aniṣṭa: and undesirable;
upapattiṣu: having obtained;
mayi: unto Me;
ca: also;
ananya: yogena — by unalloyed devotional service;
bhaktiḥ: devotion;
avyabhicāriṇī: without any break;
vivikta: to solitary;
deśa: places;
sevitvam: aspiring;
aratiḥ: being without attachment;
jana: saṁsadi — to people in general;
adhyātma: pertaining to the self;
jñāna: in knowledge;
nityatvam: constancy;
tattva: jñāna — of knowledge of the truth;
artha: for the object;
darśanam: philosophy;
etat: all this;
jñānam: knowledge;
iti: thus;
proktam: declared;
ajñānam: ignorance;
yat: that which;
ataḥ: from this;
anyathā: other .;
English Meaning
Humility; pridelessness; nonviolence; tolerance; simplicity; approaching a bona fide spiritual master; cleanliness; steadiness; self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification; absence of false ego; the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; detachment; freedom from entanglement with children, wife, home and the rest; even-mindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me; aspiring to live in a solitary place; detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance.
Life Theme
Self Awareness
Life Application
Reflecting on our thoughts and behaviors to better understand ourselves.