BG 7.12
मत्त एवेति तान्विद्धि न त्वहं तेषु ते मयि ॥
matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi
Word-for-word meanings
ye eva — all those; bhāvāḥ — mental states [such as tranquility and self-control, elation and pride, and dejection and illusion]; sāttvikāḥ — [that are] of the nature of illumination; ca — and; rājasāḥ — [those that are] of the nature of dynamism; ye ca — as well as those; tāmasāḥ — [that are] of the nature of inertia; viddhi — know; iti — this [that]; tān — [all of] them; mattaḥ eva — [originate] exclusively from Me; aham — I; na — am not; teṣu — under them [the guṇas and the mental states induced by them]; tu — yet; te — they; mayi — are under Me.
Translation
Know that all mental states, be they of the nature of illumination (sāttvika), dynamism (rājasika), or inertia (tāmasika), originate exclusively from Me. I am not under the guṇas and the mental states induced by them, yet they are under Me.