Bhagwad Gita - Post 174

CHAPTER 14

THE YOGA OF THE DIVISON OF THE THREE GUNAS 
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Verse 14

Yadaa sattwe pravriddhe tu

pralayam yaati dehabhrit;

Tadottamavidaam lokaan

amalaan pratipadyate.

If the embodied one meets with death when Sattwa has become predominant, then he attains to the spotless worlds of the knowers of the Highest.

Verse 15

Rajasi pralayam gatwaa

karmasangishu jaayate;

Tathaa praleenasTamasi

moodhayonishu jaayate.

Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in Tamas, he is born in the womb of the senseless.

Verse 16

Karmanah sukritasyaahuh

saattwikam nirmalam phalam;

Rajasastu phalam duhkham

ajnaanam Tamasah phalam.

The fruit of good action, they say, is Sattwic and pure; the fruit of Rajas is pain, and ignorance is the fruit of Tamas.

Verse 17

Sattwaat sanjaayate jnaanam

Rajaso lobha eva cha;

Pramaadamohau Tamaso

bhavato’jnaanameva cha.

From Sattwa arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from Tamas, and ignorance also.

Verse 18

Oordhwam gacchanti sattwasthaa

madhye tishthanti raajasaah;

Jaghanyagunavrittisthaa

adho gacchanti taamasaah.

Those who are seated in Sattwa proceed upwards; the Rajasic dwell in the middle; and the Tamasic, abiding in the function of the lowest Guna, go downwards.

Verse 19

Naanyam gunebhyah kartaaram

yadaa drashtaanupashyati;

Gunebhyashcha param vetti

madbhaavam so’dhigacchati.

When the seer beholds no agent other than the Gunas, knowing that which is higher than them, he attains to My Being.

Verse 20

Gunaanetaanateetya treen

dehee dehasamudbhavaan;

Janmamrityujaraaduhkhair

vimukto’mriTamashnute.

The embodied one, having crossed beyond these three Gunas out of which the body is evolved, is freed from birth, death, decay and pain, and attains to immortality.

Verse 21

Arjuna Uvaacha:

Kairlingais treen gunaanetaan

ateeto bhavati prabho;

Kimaachaarah katham chaitaam

streen gunaan ativartate.

Arjuna said:

What are the marks of him who has crossed over the three qualities, O Lord? What is his conduct and how does he go beyond these three qualities?

Verse 22

Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:

Prakaasham cha pravrittim cha

mohameva cha paandava;

Na dweshti sampravrittaani

na nivrittaani kaangkshati.

The Blessed Lord said:

Light, activity and delusion,—when they are present, O Arjuna, he hates not, nor does he long for them when they are absent!

Verse 23

Udaaseenavadaaseeno

gunairyo na vichaalyate;

Gunaa vartanta ityeva

yo’vatishthati nengate.

He who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the qualities, and who, knowing that the qualities are active, is self-centred and moves not,

Verse 24

Samaduhkhasukhah swasthah

samaloshtaashmakaanchanah;

Tulyapriyaapriyo dheeras

tulyanindaatma samstutih.

Alike in pleasure and pain, who dwells in the Self, to whom a clod of earth, stone and gold are alike, to whom the dear and the unfriendly are alike, firm, the same in censure and praise,

Verse 25

Maanaapamaanayostulyas

tulyo mitraaripakshayoh;

Sarvaarambhaparityaagee

gunaateetah sa uchyate.

The same in honour and dishonour, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all undertakings—he is said to have crossed the qualities.

Verse 26

Maam cha yo’vyabhichaarena

bhaktiyogena sevate;

Sa gunaan samateetyaitaan

brahmabhooyaaya kalpate.

And he who serves Me with unswerving devotion, he, crossing beyond the qualities, is fit for becoming Brahman.

Verse 27

Brahmano hi pratishthaa’ham

amritasyaavyayasya cha;

Shaashwatasya cha dharmasya

sukhasyaikaantikasya cha.

For I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal and the immutable, of everlasting Dharma and of absolute bliss.

Hari Om Tat Sat

Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu Brahmavidyaayaam

Yogashaastre Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade

Gunatrayavibhaagayogo Naama Chaturdasho’dhyaayah

Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the fourteenth discourse entitled: “The Yoga of the Division Of the Three Gunas”

Love.