Sanskrit · Devanagari
श्रीभगवानुवाच। प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव। न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
śrībhagavānuvāca prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882O son of Pāndu! who is not averse to light and activity and delusion (when they) prevail and who does not desire (them when they) cease
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।14.22।। --,प्रकाशं च सत्त्वकार्यं प्रवृत्तिं च रजःकार्यं मोहमेव च तमःकार्यम् इत्येतानि न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि सम्यग्विषयभावेन उद्भूतानि -- मम तामसः प्रत्ययो जातः? तेन अहं मूढः तथा राजसी प्रवृत्तिः मम उत्पन्ना दुःखात्मिका? तेन अहं रजसा प्रवर्तितः प्रचलितः स्वरूपात् कष्टं मम वर्तते यः अयं मत्स्वरूपावस्थानात् भ्रंशः तथा सात्त्विको गुणः प्रकाशात्मा मां विवेकित्वम् आपादयन् सुखे च सञ्जयन् बध्नाति इति तानि द्वेष्टि असम्यग्दर्शित्वेन। तत् एवं गुणातीतो न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि। यथा च सात्त्विकादिपुरुषः सत्त्वादिकार्याणि आत्मानं प्रति प्रकाश्य निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति? न तथा गुणातीतो निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति इत्यर्थः। एतत् न परप्रत्यक्षं लिङ्गम्। किं तर्हि स्वात्मप्रत्यक्षत्वात् आत्मार्थमेव एतत् लक्षणम्। न हि स्वात्मविषयं द्वेषमाकाङ्क्षां वा परः पश्यति।।अथ इदानीम् गुणातीतः किमाचारः इति प्रश्नस्य प्रतिवचनम् आह --,
e407dae1cb92…Rāmānuja
14.22 The Lord said He does not hate the effects of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas known as illumination, activity and delusion respectively, when they are prevailing in regard to undesired things other than the self; nor longs for them when they cease, i.e., when desired things other than the self become unavailable. Hating things not conducive to the realisations of the self and longing for things conducive thereof, do not come under this law stated in the Verse.
16b35fcfeca0…Swami Sivananda
14.22 प्रकाशम् light? च and? प्रवृत्तिम् activity? च and? मोहम् delusion? एव even? च and? पाण्डव O Arjuna? न not? द्वेष्टि hates? सम्प्रवृत्तानि (when) gone forth? न not? निवृत्तानि when absent? काङ्क्षति longs.Commentary This is the answer to Arjunas first estion. Light is the effect of Sattva? activity of Rajas and delusion of Tamas. The liberated sage does not hate them when they are present. When Sattva shines he is not carried away by pride. He does not think? I am a vey learned man. When the impulse for action is awakened in the body or when there is a divine call for him to do work for the solidarity of the world (Lokasangraha) he does not hate any action and he does not regret it after the action is accomplished. He feels no remorse while performing actions. The work is like the play of a child. While inertia increases in him? he is not deluded by infatuation.Only an ignorant man thinks Tamas has entered into me. I am deluded. I am under the influence of heedlessness? torpor? sloth? laziness and indolence. Now I am under the influence of Rajas. I am forced to do activities. This is painful. I have fallen from my true nature. This gives me a lot of pain. Now Sattva predominates in me. I am attached to happiness and knowledge. I am proud of my learning and better status.The liberated sage who has transcended the Gunas does not thus hate them when they are present.A man of Sattva or Rajas or Tamas longs for light? action or inertia which first manifested themselves and disappeared. But a liberated sage or one who has gone beyond the three alities does not at all long for these states which have vanished. This mark or characteristic is an internal mental state. It cannot be perceived or detected by others. It can be felt by ones own self alone. If one is endowed with clairvoyant vision or the inner eye of intuition? he can directly behold the longins that arise in the mind of another man.In the following three verses the Lord gives His answer to Arjunas second estion What is the conduct of the sage who has crossed over the Gunas
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