अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशः ।भवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः ॥
ahiṃsā samatā tuṣṭis tapo dānaṃ yaśo 'yaśaḥ | bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṃ matta eva pṛthagvidhāḥ ||
- अहिंसा · ahiṃsā
- non-harming
- समता · samatā
- equanimity
- तुष्टिः · tuṣṭiḥ
- contentment
- तपः · tapaḥ
- austerity
- दानम् · dānam
- giving
- यशः अयशः · yaśaḥ ayaśaḥ
- fame and infamy
- भावाः · bhāvāḥ
- states of being
- भूतानाम् · bhūtānām
- of beings
- मत्तः एव · mattaḥ eva
- from me alone
- पृथग्विधाः · pṛthagvidhāḥ
- of various kinds
“...non-harming, equanimity, contentment, austerity, giving, fame and infamy — these manifold states of beings come from me alone.”
— Original plain-language translation
Good and hard alike are traced to one hand — even infamy has its source in him. Nothing in human experience stands outside divine causation. The thought steadies both pride and complaint.
— Reader's notes (original)