14.15 रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते।तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते
rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karma
Word meanings
rajasi—in the mode of passion;pralayam—death;gatvā—attaining;karma-saṅgiṣhu—among people driven by work;jāyate—are born;tathā—likewise;pralīnaḥ—dying;tamasi—in the mode of ignorance;mūḍha-yoniṣhu—in the animal kingdom;jāyate—takes birth
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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By meeting death when Rajas is on the increase, he is born among those who are attached to action; likewise, by meeting death when Tamas is on the increase, he is born in the wombs of the deluded.
When Passion prevails, the soul is reborn among those who love activity; when Ignorance rules, it enters the wombs of the ignorant.
(a) Meeting with dissolution when Rajas is prevalent, one is born among those attached to work৷৷.
When one dies while rajas predominates, he is born among people attached to activity. Similarly, when one dies while tamas predominates, he takes birth among the stupid species.
Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in Tamas, he is born in the womb of the senseless.
14.17 सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च
sattvāt
Word meanings
sattvāt—from the mode of goodness;sañjāyate—arises;jñānam—knowledge;rajasaḥ—from the mode of passion;lobhaḥ—greed;eva—indeed;cha—and;pramāda—negligence;mohau—delusion;tamasaḥ—from the mode of ignorance;bhavataḥ—arise;ajñānam—ignorance;eva—indeed;cha—and
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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From Sattva arises wisdom; from Rajas, only greed; and from Tamas arise negligence, delusion, and ignorance.
Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.
From the Sattva arises knowledge, and from Rajas greed, from Tamas arise negligence and delusion, and, indeed ignorance.
From sattva is born knowledge [Knowledge acquired through the sense-organs.], and from rajas, verily, avarice. From tamas are born inadvertence and delusion as also ignorance, to be sure.
From Sattwa arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from Tamas, and ignorance also.
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.16 कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्
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Word meanings
karmaṇaḥ—of action;su-kṛitasya—pure;āhuḥ—is said;sāttvikam—mode of goodness;nirmalam—pure;phalam—result;rajasaḥ—mode of passion;tu—indeed;phalam—result;duḥkham—pain;ajñānam—ignorance;tamasaḥ—mode of ignorance;phalam—result
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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It is said that the fruit of good action is spotless and of the Sattva nature; whereas the fruit of Rajas is pain, and the fruit of Tamas is ignorance.
They say the fruit of a meritorious action is spotless and full of purity; the outcome of Passion is misery, and of Ignorance darkness.
The fruits of a good deed, they say, is pure and is of the nature of Sattva. But the fruit of Rajas is pain; and the fruit of Tamas is ignorance.
They say that the result of good work is pure and is born of sattva. But the result of rajas is sorrow; the result of tamas is ignorance.
The fruit of good action, they say, is Sattwic and pure; the fruit of Rajas is pain, and ignorance is the fruit of Tamas.
