Bhagavad Gita — BG14.18
Chapter 14: Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog · Verse 18 of 27
संस्कृत श्लोक · Sanskrit Shloka
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः |
जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ||१४-१८||
Transliteration
ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ . jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ ||14-18||
हिन्दी अनुवाद · Hindi Translation
सत्त्वगुण में स्थित पुरुष उच्च (लोकों को) जाते हैं; राजस पुरुष मध्य (मनुष्य लोक) में रहते हैं और तमोगुण की अत्यन्त हीन प्रवृत्तियों में स्थित तामस लोग अधोगति को प्राप्त होते हैं।।
English Translation
People who conform to sattva go higher up; those who conform to rajas stay in the middle; those who conform to tamas, who conform to the actions of the lowest ality, go down.
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Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog — Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature
About Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
The fourteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita is Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga. In this chapter, Krishna reveals the three gunas (modes) of the material nature - goodness, passion and ignorance which everything in the material existence is influenced by. He further explains the essential characteristics of e…
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Bhagavad Gita BG14.18 is verse 18 of Chapter 14 — Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga (Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog). This chapter is called Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature. The English translation is: “People who conform to sattva go higher up; those who conform to rajas stay in the middle; those who conform to tamas, who conform to the actions of the lowest ality, go down.”.