The Depression Of Success
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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
14.13
अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च ।
तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन
॥ १४=१३ ॥
aprakāśo’pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha
eva ca tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe
kurunand
O son of Kuru, when there is an
increase in the mode of ignorance,
madness, illusion, inertia and darkness
are manifested
POWERFUL COGNITION
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
POWERFUL COGNITION
When a person who is steeped in the attributes of satva dies, he becomes divine.
रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।
तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते
॥ १४=१५॥
rajasi pralayam 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
14.16
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् ।
फलम्रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमपः 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
POWERFUL COGNITION
When we are steeped in satva, we live in restful awareness
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.
INTRODUCTION
We act like a wind-up toy when we are steeped in rajas, and like a battery- operated toy with a dead battery when we are in tamas.
Kṛṣṇa uses powerful words to drive home how desperate that state is: ignorance, madness, illusion, inertia and darkness. It is surprising how quickly one can slip from rajas to tamas. To slip from restless activity into inactivity and inertia is simple.
Activity without meaning, activity with tension and stress and activity totally focused on sensual satisfaction quickly leads to deep fatigue. The activity without any meaning that we find in tamas is not the same as activity without a purpose and goal that we experience in satva. Please do not confuse the two.
