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Krishna

14.10 रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत।रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा

rajastamaścābhibhūya sattvaṃ bhavati bhārata | rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamaścaiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajastathā

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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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

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.

Shri Purohit Swami

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.

Swami Adidevananda

Prevailing over Rajas and Tamas, Sattva preponderates, O Arjuna. Prevailing over Tamas and Sattva, Rajas preponderates. Prevailing over Rajas and Sattva, Tamas preponderates.

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

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!

Krishna

14.12 लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ

lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā | rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha

Word meanings

lobhaḥ—greed;pravṛittiḥ—activity;ārambhaḥ—exertion;karmaṇām—for fruitive actions;aśhamaḥ—restlessness;spṛihā—craving;rajasi—of the mode of passion;etāni—these;jāyante—develop;vivṛiddhe—when predominates;bharata-ṛiṣhabha—the best of the Bharatas, Arjun

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Greed, exertion, undertaking of actions, restlessness, and craving—these are born when Rajas predominates, O chief of the Bharatas!

Shri Purohit Swami

O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act and the beginning of action itself are all due to the dominance of Passion.

Swami Adidevananda

Greed, activity, undertaking of work, unrest and longing - these arise, O Arjuna, when Rajas prevails.

Swami Gambirananda

O best of the Bharata dynasty, when rajas becomes predominant, these come into being: avarice, movement, undertaking of actions, unrest and hankering.

Swami Sivananda

Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, longing–these arise when Rajas is predominant, O Arjuna!

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14.11 सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत

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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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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

When the knowledge-light arises in all the gates of this body, then one should also know that the Sattva has predominantly increased.

Shri Purohit Swami

When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that Purity prevails.

Swami Adidevananda

When knowledge as light illumines from all gateways (i.e., the senses), then, one should know that Sattva prevails.

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

When, through every gate (sense) in this body, the wisdom-light shines, then it may be known that Sattwa is predominant.