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Chapter XIV27 verses

अथ चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः

गुणत्रयविभागयोगः

The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas

Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga

Rise like the sun above the clouds of the three modes, and let an undeviating love carry you beyond them into the foundation that is the Purushottama. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
kṣetrajña — the Knower who sees, yet still bound by the strands of the Field
and is led towards
guṇātīta — the soul risen above the three modes, founded in the Purushottama
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In this chapter

27 verses

Summary of chapter 14

Above the Gunas - The Gila now proceeds to work out its ideas of the action of the gunas. of the ascension beyond the gunas and of the culmination of desireless works in knowledge where knowledge coalesces with bhaktl. - knowledge. works and love made one. - and it rises thence to its great finale. the supreme secret of self-surrender to the Master of Existence.

Chapter 14 illustration, titled गुणत्रयविभागयोगः
Illustration · Sushanto Nath, Sri Aurobindo Society

Chapter outline

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  1. 14·1–4The supreme Knowledge of the Divine as the Sole Cause of the Universe.
  2. 14·5–18The three Gunas of Prakriti, their characteristic action, their interplav, their role in life and aflerwards.
  3. 14·19–27Transcendence of the three Gunas and the marks of spiritual life.
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Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 14·5, a key verseसत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः । निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥ ५ ॥sattvaṁ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ, nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam.The three gunas born of the Prakriti, sattva, rajas and tamas, bind in the body, O great-armed one, the…
  2. 14·6तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् । सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥ ६ ॥tatra sattvaṁ nirmalatvātprakāśakamanāmayam, sukhasaṅgena badhnāti jñānasaṅgena cānagha.Of these sattva is by the purity of its quality a cause of light and illumination, and by virtue of that…
  3. 14·7रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि तृष्णासङ्गसमुद्भवम् । तन्निबध्नाति कौन्तेय कर्मसङ्गेन देहिनम् ॥ ७ ॥rajo rāgātmakaṁ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam, tannibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam.Rajas, know thou, has for its essence attraction of liking and longing…
  4. 14·8तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् । प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत ॥ ८ ॥tamastvajñānajaṁ viddhi mohanaṁ sarvadehinām, pramādālasyanidrābhistannibadhnāti bhārata.But tamas, know thou, born of ignorance, is the deluder of all embodied beings…
  5. 14·9, a key verseसत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत । ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥ ९ ॥sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata, jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta.Sattva attaches to happiness, rajas to action, O Bharata…
  6. 14·10रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत । रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा ॥ १० ॥rajastamaścābhibhūya sattvaṁ bhavati bhārata, rajaḥ sattvaṁ tamaścaiva tamaḥ sattvaṁ rajastathā.Now sattva leads, having overpowered rajas and tamas, O Bharata…
  7. 14·11सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते । ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत ॥ ११ ॥sarvadvāreṣu dehe’sminprakāśa upajāyate, jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyādvivṛddhaṁ sattvamityuta.When into all the doors in the body there comes a flooding of light, a light of understanding, perception and…
  8. 14·12लोभः प्रवृत्तिरारम्भः कर्मणामशमः स्पृहा । रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥ १२ ॥lobhaḥ pravṛttirārambhaḥ karmaṇāmaśamaḥ spṛhā, rajasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha.Greed, seeking impulsions, initiative of actions, unrest, desire – all this mounts in us when rajas increases.
  9. 14·13अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च । तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन ॥ १३ ॥aprakāśo’pravṛttiśca pramādo moha eva ca, tamasyetāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana.Nescience, inertia, negligence and delusion – these are born when tamas predominates, O joy of the Kurus.
  10. 14·14यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत् । तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १४ ॥yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti dehabhṛt, tadottamavidāṁ lokānamalānpratipadyate.If sattva prevails when the embodied goes to dissolution, then he attains to the spotless worlds of the…
  11. 14·15रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते । तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥ १५ ॥rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu jāyate, tathā pralīnastamasi mūḍhayoniṣu jāyate.Going to dissolution when rajas prevails, he is born among those attached to action…
  12. 14·16कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् । रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम् ॥ १६ ॥karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalam, rajasastu phalaṁ duḥkhamajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam.It is said the fruit of works rightly done is pure and sattwic…
  13. 14·17सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च । प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च ॥ १७ ॥sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva ca, pramādamohau tamaso bhavato’jñānameva ca.From sattva knowledge is born, and greed from rajas; negligence and delusion are of tamas, and also ignorance.
  14. 14·18ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः । जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ॥ १८ ॥ūrdhvaṁ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ, jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ.They rise upwards who are in sattva; those in rajas remain in the middle…
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End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेगुणत्रयविभागयोगो नाम चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः ॥ १४॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādeguṇatrayavibhāgayogo nāma caturdaśo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the fourteenth chapter entitled “The Yoga of the Threefold Modes of Nature”

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