14.9 सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत
sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata | jñānam
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sattvam—mode of goodness;sukhe—to happiness;sañjayati—binds;rajaḥ—mode of passion;karmaṇi—toward actions;bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat;jñānam—wisdom;āvṛitya—clouds;tu—but;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;pramāde—to delusion;sañjayati—binds;uta—indeed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O descendant of Bharata! The Sattva fully dominates the Embodied in the field of happiness; the Rajas in action; but the Tamas also totally dominates in the field of negligence, by veiling knowledge.
Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure.
Sattva generates attachment to pleasure, Rajas to action, O Arjuna. But Tamas, veiling knowledge, generates attachment to negligence.
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, sattva attaches one to happiness, rajas to action, while tamas, covering up knowledge, leads to inadvertence also.
Sattwa attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas, shrouding knowledge, attaches to heedlessness only!
14.11 सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत
sarva
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sarva—all;dvāreṣhu—through the gates;dehe—body;asmin—in this;prakāśhaḥ—illumination;upajāyate—manifest;jñānam—knowledge;yadā—when;tadā—then;vidyāt—know;vivṛiddham—predominates;sattvam—mode of goodness;iti—thus;uta—certainly
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When the knowledge-light arises in all the gates of this body, then one should also know that the Sattva has predominantly increased.
When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails.
When knowledge as light illumines from all gateways (i.e., the senses), then, one should know that Sattva prevails.
When the illumination that is knowledge radiates in this body through all the doors (of the senses), then one should know that sattva has increased greatly.
When, through every gate (sense) in this body, the wisdom-light shines, then it may be known that Sattwa is predominant.
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.10 रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत।रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा
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Word meanings
rajaḥ—mode of passion;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;cha—and;abhibhūya—prevails;sattvam—mode of goodness;bhavati—becomes;bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat;rajaḥ—mode of passion;sattvam—mode of goodness;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;cha—and;eva—indeed;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;sattvam—mode of goodness;rajaḥ—mode of passion;tathā—also
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O descendant of Bharata! The Sattva increases by overpowering the Rajas and the Tamas; the Rajas increases by overpowering the Sattva and the Tamas; and the Tamas increases likewise by overpowering the Sattva and the Rajas.
O Prince! Purity prevails when Passion and Ignorance are overcome; Passion, when Purity and Ignorance are overcome; and Ignorance when it overcomes Purity and Passion.
Prevailing over Rajas and Tamas, Sattva preponderates, O Arjuna. Prevailing over Tamas and Sattva, Rajas preponderates. Prevailing over Rajas and Sattva, Tamas preponderates.
O scion of the Bharata dynasty, sattva increases by subduing rajas and tamas, rajas by overpowering sattva and tamas, and tamas by dominating over sattva and rajas.
Now Sattwa prevails, O Arjuna, having overpowered Rajas and Tamas; now Rajas, having overpowered Sattwa and Tamas; and now Tamas, having overpowered Sattwa and Rajas!
