Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 6.38
हिन्दी · தமிழ் · తెలుగు · ಕನ್ನಡ · മലയാളം · বাংলা · मराठी · ગુજરાતી · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · ଓଡ଼ିଆ · اردو · English · Español · Français · Deutsch · Português · Русский · 中文 · 日本語 · العربية · Bahasa Indonesia · ไทย
6.38.1
परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् ।
यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥ ६.३८.१ ॥
I shall again declare the supreme knowledge, the highest of all knowledges, knowing which all sages have gone hence to the supreme perfection.
6.38.2
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः ।
सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च ॥ ६.३८.२ ॥
Having taken refuge in this knowledge, they have attained a nature like Mine; they are not born even at creation, nor are they disturbed at dissolution.
6.38.3
मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन्गर्भं दधाम्यहम् ।
संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत ॥ ६.३८.३ ॥
The great Brahman is My womb; in it I place the seed. From that, O Bhārata, comes the origin of all beings.
6.38.4
सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः संभवन्तिः याः ।
तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥ ६.३८.४ ॥
O son of Kuntī, whatever forms arise in all wombs—their great womb is Brahman, and I am the father who gives the seed.
6.38.5
सत्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः ।
निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥ ६.३८.५ ॥
Sattva, rajas and tamas—these qualities, born of nature, bind the imperishable embodied self in the body, O mighty-armed one.
6.38.6
तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् ।
सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥ ६.३८.६ ॥
Among these, sattva, being pure, is illuminating and free from disease; O sinless one, it binds through attachment to happiness and through attachment to knowledge.
6.38.7
रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् ।
तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥ ६.३८.७ ॥
Know that passion (rajas) has the nature of attachment and arises from thirst and clinging. O son of Kuntī, it binds the embodied one through attachment to action.
6.38.8
तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ।
प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥ ६.३८.८ ॥
Know that darkness (tamas) arises from ignorance and deludes all embodied beings. O Bhārata, it binds through heedlessness, sloth and sleep.
6.38.9
सत्वं सुखे संजयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।
ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे संजयत्युत ॥ ६.३८.९ ॥
Sattva attaches one to happiness, rajas to action, O Bhārata; but tamas, veiling knowledge, attaches one to heedlessness.
6.38.10
रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्वं भवति भारत ।
रजः सत्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्वं रजस्तथा ॥ ६.३८.१० ॥
O Bhārata, overpowering passion and darkness, goodness becomes dominant; passion overpowers goodness and darkness, darkness overpowers goodness and passion.
6.38.11
सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्राकाश उपजायते ।
ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्वमित्युत ॥ ६.३८.११ ॥
When light and knowledge arise in all the gates of this body, then one should know that goodness has grown strong.
6.38.12
लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा ।
रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥ ६.३८.१२ ॥
Greed, restless activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness and longing — these arise when passion has grown strong, O bull of the Bharatas.
6.38.13
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।
तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥ ६.३८.१३ ॥
Obscurity, inactivity, heedlessness and delusion also arise in tamas when it has grown strong, O joy of the Kurus.
6.38.14
यदा सत्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् ।
तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥ ६.३८.१४ ॥
When sattva has grown strong and the embodied being meets dissolution, then he attains the stainless worlds of those who know the highest.
6.38.15
रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।
तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥ ६.३८.१५ ॥
Having passed into dissolution in rajas, one is born among those attached to action; likewise, dissolved in tamas, one is born in deluded wombs.
6.38.16
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्विकं निर्मलं फलम् ।
रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ॥ ६.३८.१६ ॥
They say the fruit of a good deed is sattvic and stainless; the fruit of rajas is suffering, and the fruit of tamas is ignorance.
6.38.17
सत्वात्संजायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च ।
प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च ॥ ६.३८.१७ ॥
From sattva arises knowledge, and from rajas greed indeed; from tamas arise heedlessness and delusion, and ignorance as well.
6.38.18
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः ।
जघन्यगुणवृत्तस्था अघो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ॥ ६.३८.१८ ॥
Those established in sattva go upward, those of rajas remain in the middle, and those of tamas, established in the conduct of the lowest qualities, go downward.
6.38.19
नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टाऽनुपश्यति ।
गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥ ६.३८.१९ ॥
When the seer sees no agent other than the guṇas, and knows what is higher than the guṇas, he attains my state of being.
6.38.20
गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् ।
जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्रुते ॥ ६.३८.२० ॥
Having transcended these three guṇas born of the body, the embodied being, freed from the sorrows of birth, death and old age, obtains immortality.
6.38.21
कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानीतो भवति प्रभो ।
किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते ॥ ६.३८.२१ ॥
By what signs, O lord, is one who has transcended these three guṇas known? What is his conduct, and how does he go beyond these three guṇas?
6.38.22
प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव ।
न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥ ६.३८.२२ ॥
O Pāṇḍava, when illumination, activity and delusion arise, he does not hate them; when they cease, he does not long for them.
6.38.23
उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते ।
गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥ ६.३८.२३ ॥
He who sits as if indifferent, who is not shaken by the guṇas, who stands firm knowing that 'the guṇas alone are operating', and does not waver.
6.38.24
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ।
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ॥ ६.३८.२४ ॥
Equal in pleasure and pain, self-abiding, regarding a clod, a stone and gold alike, equal toward the dear and the not-dear, steady, equal in blame and praise.
6.38.25
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥ ६.३८.२५ ॥
He who is equal in honor and dishonor, equal toward friend and foe, who has renounced all undertakings — he is said to have gone beyond the qualities.
6.38.26
मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।
स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्म भूयाय कल्पते ॥ ६.३८.२६ ॥
And he who serves Me with unswerving yoga of devotion, having fully transcended these qualities, becomes fit for becoming Brahman.
6.38.27
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च ।
शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ॥ ६.३८.२७ ॥
For I am the foundation of Brahman, of the immortal and imperishable, and of eternal dharma and of unbroken bliss.