Verses Of Gita Chapter 14🔗

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śrī bhagavān uvāca: Krishna said; paraṁ: supreme; bhūyaḥ: again; pravakṣyāmi: I shall speak; jñānānāṁ: of all knowledge; jñānam: knowledge; uttamam: the supreme; yat: which; jñātvā: knowing; munayaḥ: the sages; sarve: all; parāṁ: supreme; siddhim: perfection; itaḥ: from this world; gatāḥ: attained

14.1 Krishna says, ‘I will declare to you again the supreme wisdom, The knowledge of which has helped all sages attain supreme perfection.’

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idaṁ: this; jñānam: knowledge; upāśritya: taking shelter of; mama: My; sādharmyam: nature; āgatāḥ: attained; sarge 'pi: even in the creation; na: never; upajāyante: comes in; pralaye: in the annihilation; na: nor; vyathanti: disturbed; ca: also

14.2 By becoming fixed in this knowledge, one can attain the transcendental nature, like my own, and establish in his eternal consciousness, that one is not born at the time of creation, or disturbed at the time of dissolution.

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mama: My; yoniḥ: source of birth; mahat brahma: material cause of the entire creation called mahat brahma; tasmin: in that; garbhaṁ: pregnancy; dadhāmi: create; aham: I; sambhavaḥ: possibility; sarvabhūtānāṁ: of all living entities; tataḥ: thereafter; bhavati: becomes; bhārata: O son of Bharata

14.3 The total material substance, called Brahman, is the source of birth, It is that Brahman that I impregnate, making possible the births of all living beings, O son of Bharata.

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sarva yoniṣu: in all species of life; kaunteya: O son of Kunti; mūrtayaḥ: forms; sambhavanti: as they appear; yāḥ: which; tāsāṁ: all of them; brahma: supreme; mahad yoniḥ: the source of birth in the material substance; aham: Myself; bījapradaḥ: seed-giving; pitā: father

14.4 Arjuna, understand that all species of life are made possible by birth in this material nature, and I am the seed-giving father.

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sattvaṁ: mode of goodness; rajaḥ: mode of passion; tamaḥ: mode of ignorance; iti: thus; guṇāḥ: qualities; prakṛti: material nature; saṁbhavāḥ: produced of; nibadhnanti: does condition; mahābāho: O mighty-armed one; dehe: in this body; dehinam: the living entity; avyayam: eternal

14.5 Material nature consists of the three modes—goodness, passion and ignorance. When the living entity comes in contact with nature, it becomes conditioned by these modes.

tatra: thereafter; sattvaṁ: mode of goodness; nirmalatvāt: being purest in the material world; prakāśakam: illuminating; anāmayam: without any sinful reaction; sukha: happiness; saṅgena: association; badhnāti: conditions; jñāna: knowledge; saṅgena: association; cā: also; anagha: O sinless one

14.6 O sinless One, the mode of goodness, satva, being purer than the others, is illuminating, and it frees one from all sinful reactions. Those situated in that mode develop knowledge, but they become conditioned by the concept of happiness.

rajaḥ: the mode of passion; rāgātmakam: born of desire or lust; viddhi: know; tṛṣṇā: with craving; saṅga: association; samudbhavam: produced of; tan: that; nibadhnāti: binds; kaunteya: O son of Kunti; karmasaṅgena: by association with fruitive activity; dehinam: the embodied

14.7 Arjuna, know that the mode of passion, rajas, is characterized by intense craving and is the source of desire and attachment. Rajas binds the living entity by attachment to work.

tamaḥ: mode of ignorance; tu: but; ajñānajaṁ: products of ignorance; viddhi: knowing; mohanaṁ: delusion; sarvadehinām: of all embodied beings; pramāda: madness; ālasya: indolence; nidrābhiḥ: sleep; tan: that; nibadhnāti: binds; bhārata : O son of Bharata

14.8 Know, O Arjuna, that the mode of ignorance, tamas, the deluder of the living entity is born of inertia. Tamas binds the living entity by carelessness, laziness, and excessive sleep.

sattvaṁ: mode of goodness; sukhe: in happiness; sañjayati: develops; rajaḥ: mode of passion; karmaṇi: fruits of activities; bhārata: O son of Bharata; jñānam: knowledge; āvṛtya: covering; tu: but; tamaḥ: the mode of ignorance; pramāde: in madness; sañjayati: develops; uta: it is said

14.9 The mode of goodness conditions one to happiness, passion conditions him to fruits of action, and veiling the knowledge, tamas binds one to carelessness.

rajaḥ: mode of passion; tamaḥ: mode of ignorance; ca: also; abhibhūya: also surpassing; sattvaṁ: mode of goodness; bhavati: becomes prominent; bhārata: O son of Bharata; rajaḥ: mode of passion; sattvaṁ: mode of goodness; tamaḥ: mode of ignorance; ca: also; eva: like that; tamaḥ: mode of ignorance; sattvaṁ: mode of goodness; rajaḥ: mode of passion; tathā: as in this

14.10 Sometimes the mode of passion becomes prominent, defeating the mode of goodness, O son of Bharata. And sometimes the mode of goodness defeats passion, and at other times the mode of ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this way there is always competition for supremacy.

sarvadvāreṣu: all the gates; dehe 'smin: in this body; prakāśaḥ: quality of illumines; upajāyate: develops; jñānaṁ: knowledge; yadā: when; tadā: at that time; vidyāt: must know; vivṛddhaṁ: increased; sattvaṁ: the mode of goodness; iti: thus; uta: said

14.11 When the light of Self-knowledge illumines all the senses (or gates) in the body, then it should be known that goodness is predominant.

lobhaḥ: greed; pravṛttiḥ: hankering; ārambhaḥ: endeavor; karmaṇām: of activities; aśamaḥ: uncontrollable; spṛhā: desire; rajasi: in the mode of passion; etāni: all this; jāyante: develop; vivṛddhe: when there is excess; bharatarṣabha: O chief of the descendants of Bharata

14.12 O chief of the Bharata, when there is an increase in the mode of passion, the symptoms of great attachment, uncontrollable desire, hankering, and intense endeavor develop.

aprakāśaḥ: darkness; apravṛttiḥ: inactivity; ca: and; pramādaḥ: madness; mohaḥ: illusion; eva: certainly; ca: and; tamasi: of the mode of ignorance; etāni: these; jāyante: are manifested; vivṛddhe: is developed; kurunandana: O son of Kuru

14.13 O son of Kuru, when there is an increase in the mode of ignorance, madness, illusion, inertia and darkness are manifested.

yadā: when; sattve: mode of goodness; pravṛddhe: in development; tu: but; pralayam: dissolution; yāti: goes; dehabhṛt: embodied; tadā: at that time; uttamavidām: of the great sages; lokān: the planets; amalān: pure; pratipadyate: attains.

14.14 When one dies in the mode of goodness, He goes to the highest of worlds.

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rajasi: in passion; pralayam: dissolution; gatvā: attaining; karmasaṅgiṣu: in the pursuit of activities; jāyate: takes birth; tathā: thereafter; pralīnaḥ: being dissolved; tamasi: in ignorance; mūḍha: ignorant; yoniṣu: species; jāyate: take birth

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

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karmaṇaḥ: of work; sukṛtasya: in the mode of goodness; āhuḥ: said; sāttvikam: mode of goodness; nirmalam: purified; phalam: result; rajasaḥ: of the mode of passion; tu: but; phalam: result; duḥkham: misery; ajñānaṁ: nonsense; tamasaḥ: of the mode of ignorance; phalam: result

14.16 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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sattvāt: from the mode of goodness; saṁjāyate: develops; jñānaṁ: knowledge; rajasaḥ: from the mode of passion; lobhaḥ: greed; eva: certainly; ca: also; pramāda: madness; mohau: illusion; tamasaḥ: from the mode of ignorance; bhavataḥ: develops; ajñānam: ignorance; eva: certainly; ca: also

14.17 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.

ūrdhvaṁ: upwards; gacchanti: go; satvasthāḥ: one who is situated in the mode of goodness; madhye: in the middle; tiṣṭhanti: dwell; rājasāḥ: those who are situated in the mode of passion; jaghanya: abominable; guṇa: quality; vṛttisthāḥ: occupation; adhaḥ: down; gacchanti: go; tāmasāḥ: people in the mode of ignorance

14.18 Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets; and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the worlds below.

na: never; anyaṁ: other than; guṇebhyaḥ: from the qualities; kartāraṁ: the performer; yadā: when; draṣṭā 'nupaśyati: he who sees properly; guṇebhyaś ca: from the modes of nature; paraṁ: transcendental; vetti: know; mad bhāvaṁ: My spiritual nature; so: he; adhigacchati: is promoted 14.19 When we see that there is nothing beyond these modes of nature in all activities and that the supreme Lord is transcendental to all these modes, the seeker can know My spiritual nature.

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guṇān: qualities; etān: all these; atītya: transcending; trīn: three; dehī: embodied; deha: body; samudbhavān: produced of; janma: birth; mṛtyu: death; jarā: old age; duḥkhaiḥ: distresses; vimuktaḥ: being freed from; amṛtam: nectar; aśnute: enjoys

14.20 When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life.

arjuna uvāca

arjuna uvāca: Arjuna said; kaiḥ: by which; liṅgaiḥ: symptoms; trīn: three; guṇān: qualities; etān: all this; atītaḥ: having transcended; bhavati: become; prabho: my Lord; kim: what; ācāraḥ: behavior; kathaṁ: what; ca: also; etāṁ: these; trīn: three; guṇān: qualities; ativartate: transcend

14.21 Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, by what symptoms is one known who is transcendental to those modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?

śrī bhagavān uvāca: the supreme personality of godhead said; prakāśaṁ ca: and illumination; pravṛttiṁ ca: and attachment; moham: illusion; eva ca: also; pāṇḍava: O son of Pandu; na dveṣṭi: does not hate; saṁpravṛttāni: although developed; na nivṛttāni: nor stop development; kāṅkṣati: desires

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udāsīnavat: as if neutral; āsīnaḥ: situated; guṇaiḥ: by the qualities; yaḥ: one who; na: never; vicālyate: is agitated; guṇāḥ: the qualities; vartante: is situated; ity eva: knowing thus; yaḥ: one who; avatiṣṭhati: remains; na: never; eṅgati: flickering

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sama: equal; duḥkha: in distress; sukhaḥ: in happiness; svasthaḥ: being situated himself; sama: equally; loṣṭa: a lump of earth; aśma: stone; kāñcanaḥ: gold; tulya: equally disposed; priya: dear; apriyo: undesirable; dhīraḥ: steady; tulya: equally; nindā: in defamation; ātmasaṁstutiḥ: in praise of himself

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māna: in honor; apamānyoḥ: dishonor; tulyaḥ: equally; tulyaḥ: equally; mitra: friend; ari: enemy; pakṣayoḥ: in parties; sarva: all; ārambha: endeavor; parityāgī: renouncer; guṇātītaḥ: transcendental to the material modes of nature; saḥ: he; ucyate: is said to be

14.22,23,24,25 The Blessed Lord said: He who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present, nor longs for them when they disappear; who is seated like one unconcerned, being situated beyond these material reactions of the modes of nature, who remains firm, knowing that the modes alone are active; He who regards alike pleasure and pain, and looks on a lump of earth, a stone and a piece of gold with an equal eye; who is wise and holds praise and blame to be the same; who is unchanged in honor and dishonor, who treats friend and foe alike, who has abandoned all result based undertakings - such a man is said to have transcended the modes of nature.

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mam: unto Me; ca: also; yaḥ: person; avyabhicāreṇa: without fail; bhaktiyogena: by devotional service; sevate: renders service; saḥ: he; guṇān: all the modes of material nature; samatītya: transcending; etān: all this; brahmabhūyāya: to be elevated to the Brahman platform; kalpate: is considered.

14.26 One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.

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brahmaṇaḥ: of the impersonal brahmajyoti; hi: certainly; pratiṣṭhā: the rest; aham: I am; amṛtasya: of the immortal; avyayasya: of the imperishable; ca: also; śāśvatasya: of the eternal; ca: and; dharmasya: of the rightful state; sukhasya: happiness; aikāntikasya: ultimate; ca: also.

14.27 And I am the basis of impersonal Brahman , which is the rightful state of ultimate happiness, and which is immortal, imperishable and eternal.

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In the Upaniṣad of the Bhagavad gita, the knowledge of Brahman, the Supreme, the science of Yoga and the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, this is the fourteenth discourse designated: