📿 Shloka Collection

Buddhir Jnanam Asammohah

Gita 10.4 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 10 — Vibhuti Yoga
बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः ।
सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च ॥
Buddhir jnanam asammohah kshama satyam damah shamah,
Sukham duhkham bhavo'bhavo bhayam chabhayameva cha.
बुद्धिः
intellect — discernment
ज्ञानम्
knowledge
असम्मोहः
freedom from delusion — clarity
क्षमा
forgiveness
सत्यम्
truth
दमः
control of the senses
शमः
peace of mind
सुखम्
happiness
दुःखम्
suffering
भवः अभावः
being and non-being
भयम् च अभयम्
fear and fearlessness

This shloka (10.4) and the next (10.5) together form a single long list. Krishna is declaring: whatever arises in the human mind — whether noble or otherwise — all of it comes from Me. Intellect, knowledge, clarity, but also fear, suffering, and absence. Every inner state has a single origin.

What surprises many is that this list does not contain only virtues. Fear is here. Suffering is here. Non-being is here. The meaning runs deep: the divine source is not the origin of only the pleasant. It is the origin of all existence. When a person sees this, life's difficult moments no longer feel like punishments. They are part of the same whole.

This perspective offers a kind of inner steadiness. If both joy and grief come from the same source, then neither can truly overwhelm the person who knows that source.

This shloka is the first part of the 10.4-5 pair. Together, they list more than twenty qualities and conditions, all arising from the divine. This is the first detailed expansion in Vibhuti Yoga.

A similar list appears in Chapter 13 (the field and its knower). The two chapters together present the Gita's comprehensive vision of existence.

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