Bhagavad Gita 14.6-8

Sanskrit

तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् । सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥14.6॥रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् । तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥14.7॥तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् । प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥14.8॥

Transliteration

tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvātprakāśakamanāmayam | sukhasaṅgena badhnāti jñānasaṅgena cānagha ‖14.6‖ rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam | tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam ‖14.7‖ tamastvajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām | pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata ‖14.8‖

Meaning

“Of these, sattva, being stainless, luminous, and free from disease, binds by attachment to happiness and attachment to knowledge, O sinless one. Know rajas to be of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and attachment; it binds the embodied one by attachment to action, O son of Kunti. But know tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds by negligence, laziness, and sleep, O Bharata.”

Theme: The Three Gunas

This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga , read all verses in this chapter.

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