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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 - Lesson 4 of 7

POWERFUL COGNITION

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Let the light and wisdom of Kṛṣṇa, the Jagadguru, dispel your darkness and tamas.

14.14

यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् ।
देहभृत्तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते
॥ १४=१४॥

yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti
dehabhṛt tadottamavidāṁ lokānam
alānpratipadyate

When one dies in the mode of goodness [satva], He goes to the highest of worlds

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POWERFUL COGNITION

When a person who is steeped in the attributes of satva dies, he becomes divine.

Nithyananda Paramashivam portrait
Swamiji seated

14.15

रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।
तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते
॥ १४-१५॥

rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu
jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi
mūḍhayoniṣu jāyate

When one dies in the mode of passion
[rajas], he takes birth among those
engaged in activities. When he dies in
the mode of ignorance [tamas], he
takes birth in the space of the
ignorant.

POWERFUL COGNITION

The meaning of life is to be in the space of completion; to be in restful awareness, to realize our inner Divinity

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14.16

कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् ।
फलम्रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्
॥१४-१६॥

karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ
nirmalaṁ phalam rajasastu phalaṁ
duḥkham ajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam

By acting in the mode of goodness, one
becomes purified. Work done in the
mode of passion results in distress, and
actions performed in the mode of
ignorance result in foolishness

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POWERFUL COGNITION

When we are steeped in satva, we live in restful awareness

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Nithyananda Paramashivam

14.17

सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च ।
प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च
॥ १४-१७॥

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

From the mode of goodness, real
knowledge develops; from the mode
of passion, greed develops; from the
mode of ignorance develops
foolishness, madness and illusion.

POWERFUL COGNITION

Satva drives our journey towards our core, our true self, ātma.

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