Sanskrit · Devanagari
रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत। रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
rajastamaścābhibhūya sattvaṃ bhavati bhārata rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamaścaiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajastathā
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Passion and darkness being repressed, goodness stands, O descendant of Bharata! Passion and goodness (being repressed), darkness and likewise darkness and goodness (being repressed) passion. When in this body at all portals light (that is to say) knowledge prevails then should one know goodness to be developed. Avarice, activity, performance of actions, want of tranquillity, desire, these are produced, O chief of the descendants of Bharata! when passion is developed.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।14.10।। --,रजः तमश्च उभावपि अभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति उद्भवति वर्धते यदा? तदा लब्धात्मकं सत्त्वं स्वकार्यं ज्ञानसुखादि आरभते हे भारत। तथा रजोगुणः सत्त्वं तमश्च एव उभावपि अभिभूय वर्धते यदा? तदा कर्म तृष्णादि स्वकार्यम् आरभते। तम आख्यो गुणः सत्त्वं रजश्च उभावपि अभिभूय तथैव वर्धते यदा? तदा ज्ञानावरणादि स्वकार्यम् आरभते।।यदा यो गुणः उद्भूतः भवति? तदा तस्य किं लिङ्गमिति उच्यते --,
6ffcc1bf867c…Rāmānuja
14.10 Even though all the three Gunas of Sattva etc., are associated with the nature of the self conjoined with Prakrti in the form of body, yet owing to the dominance of previous Karmas and the differences in the food nourishing the body, Sattva etc., preponderate or are subdued by turn. Sometimes Sattva preponderates prevailing over Rajas and Tamas; sometimes Rajas preponderates prevailing over Tamas and Sattva, and sometimes Tamas preponderates prevailing over Rajas and Sattva. He teaches that this changing preponderance of the Gunas can be inferred from the knowledge of the effects produced by them.
2314e67b0503…Swami Sivananda
14.10 रजः Rajas? तमः inertia? च and? अभिभूय having overpowered? सत्त्वम् Sattva? भवति arises? भारत O Arjuna? रजः Rajas? सत्त्वम् Sattva? तमः inertia? च and? एव even? तमः inertia? सत्त्वम् purity? रजः active force? तथा also.Commentary Just as winter has its sway when summer and autumn have gone? just as sleep has its sway when a man is neither dreaming nor waking? so also Sattva has its sway when Rajas and Tamas are suppressed and makes people say that they are happy. The Sadhana for increasing Sattva is given in the 17th and 18th chapters.Each ality acts in its own turn at different times. All the three alities cannot operate at one and the same time. When one ality asserts itself or prdominates by overpowering or suppressing the other two? it produces its own effect. Sattva produces knowledge and happiness Rajas action Tamas veiling of knowledge? inertia? error? indolence? sloth and sleep. When Sattva is in the ascendant in a man? he is endowed with discrimination. Sublime thoughts roll in his mind. He has pure understanding. His mind turns away from sensual pleasures and moves inward towards the Self.What is the characteristic mark by which you can know that a particular ality is predominant or is in the ascendant The answer is given in the following three verses.
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