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Whatever forms are produced in all different wombs, O
Arjuna, the great Prakriti is their (body-giving) mother, and the
Purusha is the (seed or life-giving) father. (14.04)
Sattva or goodness, Rajas or activity, and Tamas or inertia; these three
Gunas (or states) of mind (or Prakriti) bind the imperishable soul to
the body, O Arjuna. (14.05)
Of these, Sattva, being calm, is illuminating and ethical. It fetters
the embodied being, the Jeevaatma or Purusha, by attachment to happiness
and knowledge, O Arjuna. (14.06)
O Arjuna, know that Rajas is characterized by intense (selfish) activity
and is born of desire and attachment. It binds the Jeeva by attachment
to the fruits of work. (14.07)
Know, O Arjuna, that Tamas, the deluder of Jeeva, is born of inertia. It
binds by ignorance, laziness, and (excessive) sleep. (14.08)
O Arjuna, Sattva attaches one to happiness, Rajas to action, and Tamas
to ignorance by covering the knowledge. (14.09)
Sattva dominates by suppressing Rajas and Tamas; Rajas dominates by
suppressing Sattva and Tamas; and Tamas dominates by suppressing Sattva
and Rajas, O Arjuna. (14.10)
When the lamp of knowledge shines through all the (nine) gates of the
body, then it should be known that Sattva is predominant. (14.11)
Greed, activity, restlessness, passion, and undertaking of (selfish)
works arise when Rajas is predominant, O Arjuna. (14.12)
Ignorance, inactivity, carelessness, and delusion arise when Tamas is
predominant, O Arjuna. (14.13)
One who dies during the dominance of Sattva goes to heaven, the pure
world of the knowers of Supreme. (14.14)
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