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.
14.19 नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति।गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति
n
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na—no;anyam—other;guṇebhyaḥ—of the guṇas;kartāram—agents of action;yadā—when;draṣhṭā—the seer;anupaśhyati—see;guṇebhyaḥ—to the modes of nature;cha—and;param—transcendental;vetti—know;mat-bhāvam—my divine nature;saḥ—they;adhigachchhati—attain
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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When the Perceiver (the Self) finds no agent other than the Strands, and realizes That which is beyond the Strands, then he attains My state.
As soon as man understands that it is only the Qualities which act and nothing else, and perceives That which is beyond, he attains My divine nature.
When the seer beholds no agent of action other than the Gunas, and knows what transcends the Gunas, he attains to My state.
When the witness sees none other than the qualities as the agent, and knows that which is superior [i.e. different from.] to the qualities, he attains My nature.
When the seer beholds no agent other than the Gunas, knowing that which is higher than them, he attains to My Being.
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.18 ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः
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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.
