14.16 कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्
karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasy
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.
14.18 ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः
ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ | jaghanya
Word meanings
ūrdhvam—upward;gachchhanti—rise;sattva-sthāḥ—those situated in the mode of goodness;madhye—in the middle;tiṣhṭhanti—stay;rājasāḥ—those in the mode of passion;jaghanya—abominable;guṇa—quality;vṛitti-sthāḥ—engaged in activities;adhaḥ—down;gachchhanti—go;tāmasāḥ—those in the mode of ignorance
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Those established in Sattva ascend; those given to Rajas remain in the middle; those given to Tamas, established in the tendencies of bad qualities, descend.
When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost.
Those who rest in Sattva rise upwards; those who abide in Rajas remain in the middle; and those, abiding in the tendencies of Tamas go downwards.
People who conform to sattva go higher up; those who conform to rajas stay in the middle; those who conform to tamas, who conform to the actions of the lowest quality, go down.
Those who are seated in Sattwa proceed upwards; the Rajasic dwell in the middle; and the Tamasic, abiding in the function of the lowest Guna, go downwards.
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.17 सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च
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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.
