In plain words
ahiṃsā, equanimity, contentment, tapas, generosity, fame, and infamy—the many states of beings arise from Me alone.
Word for word
Non-injury, equanimity, contentment, tapas, giving, fame, infamy: the states of beings, of many kinds, arise from Me alone.
अहिंसा समता तुष्टिस्तपो दानं यशोऽयशःभवन्ति भावा भूतानां मत्त एव पृथग्विधाः
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▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam· bhāṣya
अहिंसा अपीडा प्राणिनाम् । समता समचित्तता । तुष्टिः सन्तोषः पर्याप्तबुद्धिर्लाभेषु । तपः इन्द्रियसंयमपूर्वकं शरीरपीडनम् । दानं यथाशक्ति संविभागः । यशः धर्मनिमित्ता कीर्तिः । अयशस्तु अधर्मनिमित्ता अकीर्तिः । भवन्ति भावाः यथोक्ताः बुद्ध्यादयः भूतानां प्राणिनां मत्तः एव ईश्वरात् पृथग्विधाः नानाविधाः स्वकर्मानुरूपेण ॥ ५ ॥
In plain words
Non-violence is simply this: not causing pain to any living being. Equanimity is a mind that stays even. Contentment is the settled feeling that you already have enough. Austerity is disciplining the body by first mastering the senses. Generosity is sharing according to what you actually have, not more. A good name is the renown that righteous living earns; a bad name is the disrepute that unrighteous living earns. All of these qualities — intellect and everything on this list after it — arise in every living being from Me alone, the Lord, each showing up in its own distinct way, shaped by that being's own past actions.
Close to the Sanskrit
Ahiṃsā is non-affliction of living beings. Samatā is sameness of mind. Tuṣṭi, contentment, is the settled sense of sufficiency regarding gains. Tapas is bodily austerity preceded by control of the senses. Dāna is sharing according to one's own capacity. Yaśas is renown having righteousness as its cause. Ayaśas, however, is disrepute having unrighteousness as its cause. These states thus described, beginning with buddhi, arise for beings, for living creatures, from Me alone, from the Lord, in distinct, various kinds, each in accordance with its own past action.