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Krishna

14.18 ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः

ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ | jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ

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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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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

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.

Shri Purohit Swami

When Purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when Passion, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when Ignorance, he is lost.

Swami Adidevananda

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.

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

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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14.20 गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्।जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते

guṇānetānatītya trīndehī dehasamudbhavān | janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhairvimukto'mṛtamaśnute

Word meanings

guṇān—the three modes of material nature;etān—these;atītya—transcending;trīn—three;dehī—the embodied;deha—body;samudbhavān—produced of;janma—birth;mṛityu—death;jarā—old age;duḥkhaiḥ—misery;vimuktaḥ—freed from;amṛitam—immortality;aśhnute—attains

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Transcending these three strands, from which the body [etc.] is born, the embodied (the soul) is freed from birth, death, old age, and sorrow, and attains immortality.

Shri Purohit Swami

When the soul transcends the Qualities, which are the real cause of physical existence, then, freed from birth and death, from old age and misery, he quaffs the nectar of immortality.

Swami Adidevananda

The embodied self, crossing beyond these three Gunas which arise in the body, and freed from birth, death, age and pain, attains immortality.

Swami Gambirananda

Having transcended these three qualities which are the origin of the body, the embodied one, becoming free from birth, death, old age and sorrows, experiences Immortquality.

Swami Sivananda

The embodied one, having crossed beyond these three Gunas out of which the body is evolved, is freed from birth, death, decay and pain, and attains to immortality.

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14.19 नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति।गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति

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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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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

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.

Shri Purohit Swami

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.

Swami Adidevananda

When the seer beholds no agent of action other than the Gunas, and knows what transcends the Gunas, he attains to My state.

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

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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