On a human level, the term encompasses tendencies and tendencies – in short, nature that is shaped and revealed by attitudes, habits, and behaviors. I can be an athlete at first, but then I discover the artist in me.

At first a man has worldly svabhas, but if one applies himself to karma yoga as a preparation for knowledge, one is a karma yogi, a devotee to īśvara.

At the highest level, everyone’s svabhāva is existence itself, shining as consciousness.

The svabhāva of īśvara is māyā, you might say.