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Chapter 10
Samata:-Evenness of mind or temper, in favourable and unfavourable circumstances, is 'samata (equanimity).
Tustih:- Contentment, in all circumstances, is 'Tustih'.
Tapah:- To bear all circumstances happily while performing one's duty is Tapah', (austerity). To observe a fast on 'ekadadi etc., is also, austerity.
Danam:- It is a gift of objects or money, earned by honest means, which is made to a deserving person happily, without having any desire, for the fruit of action (Gita 17/20).
Yaso'yasah:- Fame, that a man receives as an outcome of his good qualities, feelings and actions, is 'Yasa' while 'Ayasah' is ill-fame or disrepute, that a man acquires as outcome of his bad conduct, feelings and deeds.
Bhavanti bhava bhutanam matte eva prthagvidhah:- Diverse feelings, of creatures emanate, from the Lord i.e., He is the base and the root, of all of them.
Here 'Mattah', stands for Lord's power and influence, while 'Prthagvidhah' stands, for His divine glories.
One who knows, that all of the good or bad actions and feelings, in the world are nothing but the sport of the Lord gets firmly established in Him, (Gita 10/7).
Out of the twenty diverse feelings mentioned here, twelve have been called as single and they are all born in the mind. Besides these fearlessness, which makes a pair with fear, is also born in the mind. The remaining seven feelings, are contradictory. Out of these evolution and dissolution, fame and disrepute—these four are fruits of previous actions, while pleasure, pain and fear—these three, are an outcome of folly. A man, is free in wiping out this folly.
The Lord, is the base and root of all these twenty feelings. In the twelfth verse of the seventh chapter also, He declares that whatever entities there are born of sattva (goodness), of rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance), know them all, as evolved from Him, alone.
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