14.4 सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः।तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता
sarva
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sarva—all;yoniṣhu—species of life;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;mūrtayaḥ—forms;sambhavanti—are produced;yāḥ—which;tāsām—of all of them;brahma-mahat—great material nature;yoniḥ—womb;aham—I;bīja-pradaḥ—seed-giving;pitā—Father
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O son of Kunti! Whatever manifestations spring up in all the wombs, the mighty Brahman is the womb, and I am the father who sows the seed.
O illustrious son of Kunti! Through whatever wombs men are born, it is the Spirit Itself that conceives, and I am their Father.
Whatever forms are produced in any womb, O Arjuna, the Prakrti is their great womb and I am the sowing father.
O son of Kunti, whatever forms are born from all the wombs, of them the great-sustainer is the womb; I am the father who deposits the seed.
Whatever forms are produced, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma is their womb and I am the seed-giving father.
14.6 तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्।सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ
tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvāt
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tatra—amongst these;sattvam—mode of goodness;nirmalatvāt—being purest;prakāśhakam—illuminating;anāmayam—healthy and full of well-being;sukha—happiness;saṅgena—attachment;badhnāti—binds;jñāna—knowledge;saṅgena—attachment;cha—also;anagha—Arjun, the sinless one
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Among them, the Sattva, being free from impurity, is illuminating and health-giving; and it binds the embodied one with attachment to happiness and also with attachment to knowledge, O sinless one!
O Sinless One! Of these, Purity, being luminous, strong and invulnerable, binds one by its yearning for happiness and illumination.
Of these, Sattva, being without impurity, is luminous and free from morbidity. It binds, O Arjuna, by attachment to pleasure and to knowledge.
Among them, sattva, being pure, [Nirmala, pure-transparent, i.e., capable of resisting any form of ignorance, and hence as illuminator, i.e.a revealer of Consciousness.] is an illuminator and is harmless. O sinless one, it binds through attachment to happiness and attachment to knowledge.
Of these, Sattwa, which from its stainlessness is luminous and healthy, binds by attachment to knowledge and to happiness, O sinless one!
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.5 सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्
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Word meanings
sattvam—mode of goodness;rajaḥ—mode of passion;tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;iti—thus;guṇāḥ—modes;prakṛiti—material nature;sambhavāḥ—consists of;nibadhnanti—bind;mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one;dehe—in the body;dehinam—the embodied soul;avyayam—eternal
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The strands, namely the sattva, rajas, and tamas, born from the prime cause (the said mother), bind the changeless embodied soul to the body, O mighty-armed one!
Purity, Passion and Ignorance are the Qualities which the Law of nature bringeth forth. They fetter the free Spirit in all beings.
Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are the Gunas that arise from the Prakrti. They bind the immutable self in the body, O Arjuna.
O mighty-armed one, the qualities, viz sattva, rajas and tamas, born of Nature, being the immutable embodies being to the body.
Purity, passion and inertia–these qualities, O mighty-armed Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body, the embodied, the indestructible!
