Mūla — the verse
Gita Press numberingये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये।
मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि नत्वहं तेषु ते मयि
ye chaiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāśh cha ye
matta eveti tān viddhi na tvahaṁ teṣhu te mayi
Anuṣṭubh
Translation
Swami Gambhīrānanda · follows Śaṅkara-bhāṣyaThose 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!
हिन्दी अनुवाद — Swami Tejomayānanda
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।।
Pronunciation — Vaamshii
from Vaamshiiयेचैव सात् त्विका भावाः
राजसास् ताम साश् च ये
मत्त एवेति तान् विद् धि
नत् वहन् तेषु ते मयि
॥ १२ ॥
Read each split group as one breath-unit; hyphens join pādas kept whole for the meter or a compound word. Symbols: # upadhmānīya (visarga before p/ph), % jihvāmūlīya (visarga before k/kh), ऽ avagraha (an elided a). Full method →
Word by word
padārthayewhatever
chaand
evacertainly
sāttvikāḥin the mode of goodness
bhāvāḥstates of material existence
rājasāḥin the mode of passion
tāmasāḥin the mode of ignorance
chaand
yewhatever
mattaḥfrom me
evacertainly
itithus
tānthose
viddhiknow
nanot
tubut
ahamI
teṣhuin them
tethey
mayiin me
Meaning — Questions & Solutions
from Q&A with KnA7.12From whom do all sāttvika, rājasika and tāmasika states proceed — and do they contain him?
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!
The verse itself, in Swami Gambhīrānanda's rendering, is the answer. For reasoned solutions to knotty verses, browse the Q&A index.