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tatra sattvaḿ nirmalatvāt prakāśakam anāmayam sukha-sańgena badhnāti jñāna-sańgena cānagha Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.6 O sinless one, the mode of goodness, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one...

rajo rāgātmakaḿ viddhi tṛṣṇā-sańga-samudbhavam tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karma-sańgena dehinam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.7 The mode of passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, O son of Kunti, and because of...

tamas tv ajñāna-jaḿ viddhi mohanaḿ sarva-dehinām pramādālasya-nidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.8 O son of Bharata, know that the mode of darkness, born of ignorance, is the delusion of all...

sattvaḿ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata jñānam āvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.9 O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to...

rajas tamaś cābhibhūya sattvaḿ bhavati bhārata rajaḥ sattvaḿ tamaś caiva tamaḥ sattvaḿ rajas tathā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.10 Sometimes the mode of goodness becomes prominent, defeating the modes of passion and...

sarva-dvāreṣu dehe ’smin prakāśa upajāyate jñānaḿ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛddhaḿ sattvam ity uta Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.11 The manifestations of the mode of goodness can be experienced when all the gates of the body are...

lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.12 O chief of the Bharatas, when there is an increase in the mode of passion the symptoms of...

aprakaso ’pravrttis ca pramado moha eva ca tamasy etani jayante vivrddhe kuru-nandana Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.13 When there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, O son of Kuru, darkness, inertia, madness and illusion...

yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaḿ yāti deha-bhṛt tadottama-vidāḿ lokān amalān pratipadyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.14 When one dies in the mode of goodness, he attains to the pure higher planets of the great sages....

rajasi pralayaḿ gatvā karma-sańgiṣu jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣu jāyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.15 When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when...