Chapter 14 · 27 verses
गुणत्रयविभागयोगः
Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yogaḥ
- 14.1परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।The Blessed Lord said, "I will again declare to thee that supreme knowledge, the best of all knowledge,…
- 14.2इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः।Those who, having taken refuge in this knowledge, have attained unity with Me, are neither born at the time…
- 14.3मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम्।My womb is the great Brahma; in it I place the germ; thence, O Arjuna, is the birth of all beings.
- 14.4सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः।Whatever forms are produced, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma is their womb, and I am the…
- 14.5सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।These qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity,…
- 14.6तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्।Of these, sattva, which is luminous and healthy due to its stainlessness, binds one by attachment to…
- 14.7रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्।Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment; it binds fast…
- 14.8तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast, O Arjuna, through…
- 14.9सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।Sattva attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas, verily shrouding knowledge, attaches to…
- 14.10रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत।Now, O Arjuna, Sattva prevails, having overpowered Rajas and Tamas; then Rajas, having overpowered Sattva and…
- 14.11सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।When the wisdom-light shines through every gate of this body, then it may be known that Sattva is predominant.
- 14.12लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा।Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and longing—these arise when Rajas is predominant,…
- 14.13अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च।Darkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O Arjuna.
- 14.14यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्।If the embodied one meets death when Sattva is predominant, then they attain the spotless worlds of the…
- 14.15रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते।Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in Tamas, he is born in…
- 14.16कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।They say that the fruit of good action is Sattvic and pure; indeed, the fruit of Rajas is pain, and the fruit…
- 14.17सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।From Sattva arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from Tamas, and also…
- 14.18ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।Those seated in Sattva ascend; those of Rajasic nature dwell in the middle; and those of Tamasic nature,…
- 14.19नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति।When the seer beholds no agent other than the Gunas and knows that which is higher than them, he attains to…
- 14.20गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्।The embodied one, having crossed beyond these three Gunas from which the body is evolved, is freed from…
- 14.21कैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो।Arjuna said, "What are the marks of one who has transcended the three qualities, O Lord? What is their…
- 14.22प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।The Blessed Lord said, "When light, activity, and delusion are present, he does not hate them, nor does he…
- 14.23उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते।He who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the dualities, and who, knowing that the dualities are…
- 14.24समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः।Who is the same in pleasure and pain, who dwells in the Self, to whom a clod of earth, a stone, and gold are…
- 14.25मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः।Who is the same in honor and dishonor, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all undertakings, he is said to…
- 14.26मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्ितयोगेन सेवते।And he who serves Me with unwavering devotion, he, crossing beyond the dualities, is fit for becoming Brahman.
- 14.27ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च।For I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal, immutable, and everlasting Dharma, and absolute bliss.