Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 14
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14.1
परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।
यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥ १४.१ ॥
The Lord said: I shall again declare the supreme knowledge, the highest of all knowledge, knowing which all the sages have gone from here to the supreme perfection.
14.2
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः ।
सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च ॥ १४.२ ॥
Taking refuge in this knowledge and attaining a nature like mine, they are not born even at the creation, nor are they troubled at the dissolution.
14.3
मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम् ।
संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥ १४.३ ॥
My womb is the great Brahman; in it I place the seed. From that, Bhārata, comes the birth of all beings.
14.4
सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः ।
तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥ १४.४ ॥
Whatever forms arise in all wombs, Kaunteya, the great Brahman is their womb, and I am the seed-giving father.
14.5
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः ।
निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥ १४.५ ॥
Sattva, rajas and tamas — these guṇas born of prakṛti bind the imperishable embodied one to the body, mighty-armed one.
14.6
तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् ।
सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥ १४.६ ॥
Of these, sattva, being stainless, is illuminating and free from affliction; it binds through attachment to happiness and attachment to knowledge, sinless one.
14.7
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् ।
तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥ १४.७ ॥
Know rajas to be of the nature of passion, arising from craving and attachment, Kaunteya. It binds the embodied one through attachment to action.
14.8
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।
प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥ १४.८ ॥
But know tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings. It binds, Bhārata, through heedlessness, sloth and sleep.
14.9
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।
ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥ १४.९ ॥
Sattva attaches one to happiness, rajas to action, Bhārata; but tamas, veiling knowledge, attaches one to heedlessness.
14.10
रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत ।
रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा ॥ १४.१० ॥
Overpowering rajas and tamas, sattva prevails, Bhārata; likewise rajas prevails over sattva and tamas, and tamas over sattva and rajas.
14.11
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते ।
ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत ॥ १४.११ ॥
When the light of knowledge arises in all the gates of this body, then one should know that sattva has increased.
14.12
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा ।
रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥ १४.१२ ॥
Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness and longing: these arise when rajas increases, Bharatarṣabha.
14.13
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।
तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥ १४.१३ ॥
Darkness, inertia, heedlessness and delusion: these arise when tamas increases, Kurunandana.
14.14
यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् ।
तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १४.१४ ॥
But when the embodied one meets death while sattva prevails, he attains the pure worlds of those who know the highest.
14.15
रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।
तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥ १४.१५ ॥
Dying in rajas, one is born among those attached to action; likewise, dying in tamas, one is born in the wombs of the deluded.
14.16
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् ।
रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ॥ १४.१६ ॥
The fruit of good action, they say, is sattvic and pure; the fruit of rajas is pain, and the fruit of tamas is ignorance.
14.17
सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च ।
प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च ॥ १४.१७ ॥
From sattva arises knowledge, and from rajas greed; heedlessness and delusion arise from tamas, and ignorance as well.
14.18
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः ।
जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ॥ १४.१८ ॥
Those established in sattva go upward; the rajasic stay in the middle; the tamasic, abiding in the ways of the lowest guṇa, go downward.
14.19
नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति ।
गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥ १४.१९ ॥
When the seer perceives no agent other than the guṇas and knows that which is beyond the guṇas, he attains my state of being.
14.20
गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् ।
जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते ॥ १४.२० ॥
Having gone beyond these three guṇas, which give rise to the body, the embodied one, freed from birth, death, old age and sorrow, attains immortality.
14.21
कैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो ।
किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते ॥ १४.२१ ॥
Arjuna said: By what marks, O Lord, is one known who has gone beyond these three guṇas? What is his conduct, and how does he pass beyond these three guṇas?
14.22
प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव ।
न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥ १४.२२ ॥
The Lord said: Pāṇḍava, he does not hate illumination, activity or delusion when they arise, nor does he long for them when they cease.
14.23
उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते ।
गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥ १४.२३ ॥
He sits as one indifferent and is not disturbed by the guṇas; knowing "the guṇas alone are acting," he stays firm and does not waver.
14.24
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ।
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ॥ १४.२४ ॥
He is the same in pain and pleasure, abiding in the self; to him a clod, a stone and gold are alike; he is equal toward the pleasant and the unpleasant, steadfast, and the same in blame and in praise of himself.
14.25
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥ १४.२५ ॥
One who is the same in honor and dishonor, the same toward the side of friend and foe, and who has given up all undertakings, is said to have gone beyond the guṇas.
14.26
मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।
स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥ १४.२६ ॥
And one who serves me with the unwavering yoga of devotion, fully transcending these guṇas, becomes fit to become Brahman.
14.27
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च ।
शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ॥ १४.२७ ॥
For I am the foundation of Brahman, the immortal and imperishable, of eternal dharma, and of absolute happiness.