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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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!
14.8 तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत
tamas
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tamaḥ—mode of ignorance;tu—but;ajñāna-jam—born of ignorance;viddhi—know;mohanam—illusion;sarva-dehinām—for all the embodied souls;pramāda—negligence;ālasya—laziness;nidrābhiḥ—and sleep;tat—that;nibadhnāti—binds;bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat
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But, you should also know that Tamas is born of ignorance and deludes all the Embodied; it binds them with negligence, laziness, and sleep, O descendant of Bharata!
But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy.
Know that Tamas is born of false knowledge and deludes all embodied selves. It binds, O Arjuna, with negligence, indolence and sleep.
On the other hand, know tamas, which deludes all embodied beings, to be born of ignorance. O scion of the Bharata dynasty, that binds through inadvertence, laziness and sleep.
But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast, O Arjuna, by heedlessness, sleep and indolence!
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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14.7 रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्
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Word meanings
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!
