Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

14.1

श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्। यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः॥

śrī bhagavānuvācaparaṃ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṃ jñānamuttamam yajjñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṃ siddhimito gatāḥ

Lord Shri Krishna continued: Now I will reveal to you the wisdom that is beyond knowledge, by attaining which the sages have reached perfection.

14.2

इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः। सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च॥

idaṃ jñānamupāśritya mama sādharmyamāgatāḥ sarge'pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca

Dwelling in wisdom and realizing My divinity, they are not reborn when the universe is recreated at the beginning of every cycle, nor are they affected when it is dissolved.

14.3

मम योनिर्महद्ब्रह्म तस्मिन् गर्भं दधाम्यहम्। संभवः सर्वभूतानां ततो भवति भारत॥

mama yonirmahadbrahma tasmin garbhaṃ dadhāmyaham saṃbhavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tato bhavati bhārata

The eternal cosmos is My womb, in which I plant the seed from which all beings are born, O prince!

14.4

सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः। तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता॥

sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ tāsāṃ brahma mahadyonirahaṃ bījapradaḥ pitā

O illustrious son of Kunti! Through whatever wombs men are born, it is the Spirit itself that conceives, and I am their father.

14.5

सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः। निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्॥

sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisaṃbhavāḥ nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam

Purity, passion, and ignorance are the qualities that the law of nature brings forth. They fetter the free spirit in all beings.

14.6

तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्। सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ॥

tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvātprakāśakamanāmayam sukhasaṅgena badhnāti jñānasaṅgena cānagha

O Sinless One! Of these, purity, being luminous, strong, and invulnerable, binds one with its yearning for happiness and illumination.

14.7

रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम्। तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम्॥

rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam

Passion, engendered by thirst for pleasure and attachment, binds the soul through its fondness for activities.

14.8

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्। प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत॥

tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata

But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses of all embodied beings, binding them with chains of folly, indolence, and lethargy.

14.9

सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत। ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत॥

sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta

Purity brings happiness, passion brings commotion, and ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure.

14.10

रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत। रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा॥

rajastamaścābhibhūya sattvaṃ bhavati bhārata rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamaścaiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajastathā

O Prince! Purity prevails when passion and ignorance are overcome; passion, when purity and ignorance are overcome; and ignorance when it is overcome by purity and passion.

14.11

सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते। ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत॥

sarvadvāreṣu dehe'sminprakāśa upajāyate jñānaṃ yadā tadā vidyādvivṛddhaṃ sattvamityuta

When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that purity prevails.

14.12

लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा। रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ॥

lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha

O best of Indians! Avarice, the impulse to act, and the beginning of action itself are all due to the dominance of passion.

14.13

अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च। तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन॥

aprakāśo'pravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana

Darkness, stagnation, folly, and infatuation are the results of the dominance of ignorance, O joy of the Kuru clan!

14.14

यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्। तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते॥

yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṃ yāti dehabhṛt tadottamavidāṃ lokānamalānpratipadyate

When purity prevails, the soul, upon leaving the body, passes on to the pure regions where those who know the Highest reside.

14.15

रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते। तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते॥

rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu jāyate tathā pralīnastamasi mūḍhayoniṣu jāyate

When passion prevails, the soul is reborn among those who love activity; when ignorance rules, it enters the wombs of the ignorant.

14.16

कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्। रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्॥

karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam rajasastu phalaṃ duḥkhamajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam

They say the fruit of a meritorious action is spotless and pure; the outcome of passion is misery, and of ignorance, darkness.

14.17

सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च। प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च॥

sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca pramādamohau tamaso bhavato'jñānameva ca

Purity engenders wisdom, passion avarice, and ignorance folly, infatuation, and darkness.

14.18

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः। जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः॥

ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ

When purity is in the ascendant, the man evolves; when passion is in the ascendant, he neither evolves nor degenerates; when ignorance is in the ascendant, he is lost.

14.19

नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति। गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति॥

nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati guṇebhyaśca paraṃ vetti madbhāvaṃ so'dhigacchati

As soon as one understands that it is only the qualities that act and nothing else, and perceives that which is beyond, they attain My divine nature.

14.20

गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्। जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते॥

guṇānetānatītya trīndehī dehasamudbhavān janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhairvimukto'mṛtamaśnute

When the soul transcends the Qualities, which are the real cause of physical existence, then, freed from birth and death, from old age and misery, he drinks the nectar of immortality.

14.21

अर्जुन उवाच कैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो। किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते॥

arjuna uvāca kairliṃgaistrīnguṇānetānatīto bhavati prabho kimācāraḥ kathaṃ caitāṃstrīnguṇānativartate

Arjuna asked, "My Lord, how can one recognize someone who has transcended the qualities? How do they act and live beyond them?"

14.22

श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव। न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति॥

śrī bhagavānuvācaprakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati

Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who does not shun the quality that is present and does not long for that which is absent;

14.23

उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते। गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते॥

udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate guṇā vartanta ityeva yo'vatiṣṭhati neṅgate

He who maintains an attitude of indifference, who is not disturbed by the qualities, who realizes that it is only they who act, and remains calm;

14.24

समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः। तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः॥

samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ

Who accepts pain and pleasure as they come, is centered in their Self, to whom a piece of clay, stone, or gold are all the same, who neither likes nor dislikes, who is steadfast, indifferent alike to praise or censure;

14.25

मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः। सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते॥

mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate

Who looks equally upon honor and dishonor, loves friends and foes alike, and abandons all initiative, such is he who transcends the qualities.

14.26

मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्ितयोगेन सेवते। स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते॥

māṃ ca yo'vyabhicāreṇa bhakitayogena sevate sa guṇānsamatītyaitān brahmabhūyāya kalpate

And he who serves Me alone, with unwavering devotion, shall overcome the Qualities and become one with the Eternal.

14.27

ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाऽहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च। शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च॥

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhā'hamamṛtasyāvyayasya ca śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca

For I am the home of the spirit, the continual source of immortality, eternal righteousness, and infinite joy.