Verse 7.12

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 7.12:

ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास् तामसाश् च ये ।
मत्त एवेति तान् विद्धि न त्व् अहं तेषु ते मयि ॥ १२ ॥

ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye |
matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṃ teṣu te mayi || 12 ||

ye–whichever; ca–and; eva–certainly; sāttvikāḥ–in goodness; bhāvāḥ–states of existence; rājasāḥ–passion; tāmasāḥ–ignorance; ca–and; ye–whichever; mattaḥ–to come from Me; eva–certainly; iti–thus; tān–them; viddhi–you should know; na–not; tu–but; aham–I; teṣu–in them; te mayi–they are in Me.

Know that all states of existence–goodness (sāttvika), passion (rājasika) and ignorance (tāmasika)–are manifested by the modes of My material nature. I am not subject to these modes, for they are all under the control of My energy.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

“In this way, I have explained only some of My opulences (vibhūtis), such as those that are the cause and the essence of objects. But what is the purpose of going into detail? Everything is My potency and under My control.” To explain this, Śrī Bhagavān speaks this verse beginning with the words ye caiva. “Control of the mind and senses, equanimity, and the demigods themselves are states of existence in the mode of goodness. Happiness, pride and other such feelings, as well as the demons themselves, are states of existence in the mode of passion. And lamentation, delusion and so forth, as well as Rākṣasas (man-eaters, who are lower than demons), are states of existence in the mode of ignorance. They all come from Me, but it should be understood that they are the effects of the modes of My material nature, so I am not personally present in them. Unlike the living entities, I am not under their control;rather, they exist under My control.”