Chapter 14 · Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 14.5

Lesson 529 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544

Scene and context

Understanding the three guṇas and moving beyond them. How do the three guṇas influence thought and action, and what lies beyond them?

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Shloka · Devanagari

सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्॥

Shloka · Roman transliteration

sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥnibadhnanti mahā-bāho dehe dehinam avyayam

Sandhi-vicheda

sattvam+rajaḥ+tamaḥ+iti+guṇāḥ+prakṛiti+sambhavāḥ+nibadhnanti+mahā-bāho+dehe+dehinam+avyayam

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Meaning of each word

sattvamsource form

mode of goodness

rajaḥsource form

mode of passion

tamaḥsource form

mode of ignorance

itisource form

thus

guṇāḥsource form

modes

prakṛitisource form

material nature

sambhavāḥsource form

consists of

nibadhnantisource form

bind

mahā-bāhosource form

mighty-armed one

dehesource form

in the body

dehinamsource form

the embodied soul

avyayamsource form

eternal

Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

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Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1

Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।14.5।। -- सत्त्वं रजः तमः इति एवंनामानः। गुणाः इति पारिभाषिकः शब्दः? न रूपादिवत् द्रव्याश्रिताः गुणाः। न च गुणगुणिनोः अन्यत्वमत्र विवक्षितम्। तस्मात् गुणा इव नित्यपरतन्त्राः क्षेत्रज्ञं प्रति अविद्यात्मकत्वात् क्षेत्रज्ञं निबध्नन्तीव। तम् आस्पदीकृत्य आत्मानं प्रतिलभन्ते इति निबध्नन्ति इति उच्यते। ते च प्रकृतिसंभवाः भगवन्मायासंभवाः निबध्नन्ति इव हे महाबाहो? महान्तौ समर्थतरौ आजानुप्रलम्बौ बाहू यस्य सः महाबाहुः? हे महाबाहो देहे शरीरे देहिनं देहवन्तम् अव्ययम्? अव्ययत्वं च उक्तम् अनादित्वात् (गीता 13.31) इत्यादिश्लोकेन। ननु देही न लिप्यते इत्युक्तम्। तत कथम् इह निबध्नन्ति इति अन्यथा उच्यते परिहृतम् अस्माभिः इवशब्देन निबध्नन्ति इव इति।।तत्र सत्त्वादीनां सत्त्वस्यैव तावत् लक्षणम् उच्यते --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 14.5

Course position529 / 701

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