Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 7: Knowledge and Realization
Bhagavad Gita 7.12
ये चैव सात्त्विका भावा राजसास्तामसाश्च ये ।
मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि नत्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥
ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasāstāmasāśca ye | matta eveti tānviddhi natvahaṃ teṣu te mayi ||
Whatever states of being there are, whether of clarity, passion, or inertia, know that they come from me alone. Yet I am not in them; they are in me.
Modern context
All the qualities of nature, the calm and clear, the restless and driven, the dull and heavy, come from the divine. Yet Krishna adds a subtle point: I am not in them; they are in me. Think of the sky and the weather. Storms, sunshine and fog all happen within the sky, but none of them contains the sky or changes it. Our moods are like that. Clarity, agitation and dullness come and go within awareness, and awareness is not the mood.