14.12 लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ
lobhaḥ pravṛttir
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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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Greed, exertion, undertaking of actions, restlessness, and craving—these are born when Rajas predominates, O chief of the Bharatas!
O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act and the beginning of action itself are all due to the dominance of Passion.
Greed, activity, undertaking of work, unrest and longing - these arise, O Arjuna, when Rajas prevails.
O best of the Bharata dynasty, when rajas becomes predominant, these come into being: avarice, movement, undertaking of actions, unrest and hankering.
Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, longing–these arise when Rajas is predominant, O Arjuna!
14.14 यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्।तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते
yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṃ yāti deha
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yadā—when;sattve—in the mode of goodness;pravṛiddhe—when premodinates;tu—indeed;pralayam—death;yāti—reach;deha-bhṛit—the embodied;tadā—then;uttama-vidām—of the learned;lokān—abodes;amalān—pure;pratipadyate—attains
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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But if the body-bearer dies when sattva is on the increase, then he attains to the spotless worlds of those who know the highest.
When Purity prevails, the soul on quitting the body passes on to the pure regions where live those who know the Highest.
If the embodied self meets with dissolution when Sattva prevails, then It proceeds to the pure worlds of those who know the highest.
When an embodied one undergoes death while sattva is exclusively predominant, then he attains the taintless worlds of those who know the highest (entities).
If the embodied one meets with death when Sattwa has become predominant, then he attains to the spotless worlds of the knowers of the Highest.
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.13 अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन
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Word meanings
aprakāśhaḥ—nescience;apravṛittiḥ—inertia;cha—and;pramādaḥ—negligence;mohaḥ—delusion;eva—indeed;cha—also;tamasi—mode of ignorance;etāni—these;jāyante—manifest;vivṛiddhe—when dominates;kuru-nandana—the joy of the Kurus, Arjun
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Absence of mental illumination, lack of exertion, negligence, and mere delusion—these are born when Tamas predominates, O darling of the Kurus!
Darkness, stagnation, folly and infatuation are the result of the dominance of Ignorance, O joy of the Kuru-clan!
Non-illumination, inactivity, negligence and even delusion - these arise, O Arjuna, when Tamas prevails.
O descendant of the Kuru dynasty, when tamas predominates these surely [i.e. without exception.-M.S.] come into being: non-discrimination and inactivity, inadvertence and delusion.
Darkness, inertness, heedlessness and delusion–these arise when Tamas is predominant, O Arjuna!
