Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 7, Verse 12

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये । मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि

ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye | matta eveti tānviddhi na tvahaṃ teṣu te mayi

Translation

And whatever beings are of sattva or of rajas or of tamas, know them to proceed from Me: still, I am not in them, they are in Me.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

ye

which

ca

and

eva

even

sāttvikāḥ

pure

bhāvāḥ

natures

rājasāḥ

active

tāmasāḥ

inert

ca

and

ye

which

mattaḥ

from me

eva

even

iti

thus

tān

these

viddhi

know

na

not

tu

indeed

aham

I

teṣu

in them

te

they

mayi

in me

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

Know that all beings, whether formed of sattva, or of rajas, or of tamas, and which come into existence as the result of the respective karma of living beings, proceed from Me. Though they thus proceed from Me, I am not subject to them like mortal beings (saṃsārins). On the other hand, they are subject to Me: they are dependent on Me.