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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...

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...