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बुद्धिर्ज्ञानमसम्मोहः क्षमा सत्यं दमः शमः। सुखं दुःखं भवोऽभावो भयं चाभयमेव च।।

buddhir jñānam asammohaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ bhavo ’bhāvo bhayaṁ cābhayam eva ca

buddhiḥ (intelligence) jñānam (knowledge) asammohaḥ (freedom from doubt) kṣamā (forgiveness) satyam (truthfulness) damaḥ (control of senses) śamaḥ (control of mind) sukham (happiness) duḥkham (distress) bhavaḥ (birth) abhāvaḥ (death) bhayam (fear) ca (and) abhayam (fearlessness) eva (certainly) ca (and).

Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, control of the senses, control of the mind, happiness and distress, birth, death, fear, fearlessness...

Kṛṣṇa begins a list of the various psychological traits and life experiences that originate from Him. He mentions intelligence, knowledge, and clarity alongside happiness, distress, birth, and death. By including both positive and negative states, He shows that He is the ultimate reservoir of all human experiences. All these qualities—good or bad—are created by Kṛṣṇa alone. If we possess intelligence, it is a loan from the Divine. If we feel fear, it is His energy acting upon our ignorance. By recognizing that these traits come from a single source, we can learn to remain balanced during the highs and lows of life. This understanding helps us move toward ‘Asammoha’ or freedom from delusion. When we see that even our capacity for forgiveness or truthfulness is a gift from Kṛṣṇa, we lose our false pride. We begin to see every emotion and circumstance as a manifestation of the Lord’s complex energy working within the world.