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karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaḿ nirmalaḿ phalam rajasas tu phalaḿ duḥkham ajñānaḿ tamasaḥ phalam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.16 The result of pious action is pure and is said to be in the mode of goodness. But...

sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaḿ rajaso lobha eva ca pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.17 From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from...

ūrdhvaḿ gacchanti sattva-sthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.18 Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets;...

nānyaḿ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraḿ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati guṇebhyaś ca paraḿ vetti mad-bhāvaḿ so ’dhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.19 When one properly sees that in all activities no other performer is at work than...

guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛtam aśnute Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.20 When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes associated with the material...

arjuna uvāca kair lińgais trīn guṇān etān atīto bhavati prabho kim-ācāraḥ kathaḿ caitāḿs trīn guṇān ativartate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.21 Arjuna inquired: O my dear Lord, by which symptoms is one known who is...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca prakāśaḿ ca pravṛttiḿ ca moham eva ca pāṇḍava na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāńkṣati udāsīna-vad āsīno guṇair yo na vicālyate guṇā vartanta ity evaḿ yo ’vatiṣṭhati neńgate...

māḿ ca yo ’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yogena sevate sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.26 One who engages in full devotional service, unfailing in all circumstances, at once transcends the...

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham amṛtasyāvyayasya ca śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 14.27 And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal, imperishable and eternal and is...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca ūrdhva-mūlam adhaḥ-śākham aśvatthaḿ prāhur avyayam chandāḿsi yasya parṇāni yas taḿ veda sa veda-vit Translation of Bhagavad Gita 15.1 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is said that there is an...