14.5 सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्
sattvaṃ rajas
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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!
14.7 रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्
rajo rāg
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rajaḥ—mode of passion;rāga-ātmakam—of the nature of passion;viddhi—know;tṛiṣhṇā—desires;saṅga—association;samudbhavam—arises from;tat—that;nibadhnāti—binds;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;karma-saṅgena—through attachment to fruitive actions;dehinam—the embodied soul
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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You should know that Rajas is of the nature of desire and is a source of craving-attachment; and it binds the embodied one by attachment to action, O son of Kunti!
Passion, engendered by thirst for pleasure and attachment, binds the soul through its fondness for activity.
Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion springing from thirst and attachment. It binds the embodied self with attachment to work.
Know rajas to be of the nature of passion, born of hankering and attachment. O son of Kunti, that binds the embodied one through attachment to action.
Know thou Rajas to be of the nature of passion, the source of thirst (for sensual enjoyment) and attachment; it binds fast, O Arjuna, the embodied one by attachment to action!
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.6 तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्।सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ
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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!
