Bhagavad Gita · Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaChapter 13, Shloka 7 (13.7)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्
आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः
॥ 13.7 ॥
amānitvamadambhitvamahiṃsā kṣāntirārjavam
ācāryopāsanaṃ śaucaṃ sthairyamātmavinigrahaḥ
Translation
"Not praising oneself, not making a show, non-violence, forbearance, straightforwardness, service of the teacher, purity, steadiness and control of the mind —" (the list continues up to 13.11)
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. mānitvam ātmanaḥ ślāghanam, tadabhāvaḥ amānitvam — not praising oneself; adambhitvaṃ svadharmaprakaṭīkaraṇaṃ dambhitvam, tadabhāvaḥ — not putting one's own dharma on display; ahiṃsā ahiṃsanaṃ prāṇinām apīḍanam; kṣāntiḥ parāparādhaprāptau avikriyā; śaucaṃ kāyamalānāṃ mṛjjalābhyāṃ prakṣālanam antaś ca manasaḥ — cleansing the body with earth and water, and the mind within.
Acharya Ramanuja. amānitvam utkṛṣṭajaneṣu avadhīraṇārahitvam — not disregarding people of excellence; adambhitvaṃ dhārmikatvayaśaḥprayojanatayā dharmānuṣṭhānaṃ dambhaḥ, tadrahitatvam — practising dharma in order to be called "religious" is hypocrisy; ahiṃsā vāṅmanaḥkāyaiḥ parapīḍārahitvam — causing no one pain by speech, mind or body; kṣāntiḥ paraiḥ pīḍyamānasya api tān prati avikṛtacittavyam (corpus spelling).
Madhusudana Saraswati. A fine definition of each quality: manitva = vidyamānair avidyamānair vā guṇair ātmanaḥ ślāghanaṃ — praising oneself for qualities, whether one has them or not; dambhitva = lābhapūjākhyātyarthaṃ svadharmaprakaṭīkaraṇaṃ — displaying one's dharma for gain, worship or fame; kshanti = parāparādhe … nirvikāracittatayā tadaparādhasahanaṃ; arjava = yathāhṛdayaṃ vyavaharaṇam parapratāraṇārāhityam — behaving as one's heart is; never deceiving anyone.
Shridhara Swami. Amanitva = svaguṇaślāghārāhityam; acharyopasana = sadgurusevā; purity has two forms — bāhyam ābhyantaraṃ ca, and the inner = rāgādimalakṣālanam — washing away the dirt of attachment and the like; sthairya = sanmārge pravṛttasya tadekaniṣṭhatā.
Madhvacharya. A sharp definition of hypocrisy: ātmālpatvaṃ jñātvā 'pi mahattvapradarśanaṃ dambhaḥ — displaying greatness while knowing one's own smallness; arjava = manovākkāyakarmaṇām avaiparītyam — no contradiction between mind, speech, body and action.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.