Chapter 14: Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga: – Understanding and Transcending the Three Qualities of NatureVerse 22
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव ।
न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥
śrī bhagavān-uvāca
prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca
moham-eva ca pāṇḍava
na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni
na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati – 14.22
Lord Krishna said: O Pandava, he who does not resent the rise of either (sattva’s) brilliance, or (rajas’s) activity or (tamas’s) delusion, and also does not yearn for the subsidence of any of them;
Chapter 14: Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga: – Understanding and Transcending the Three Qualities of Nature - Verse 22
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
For short and long durations, even within a day, the guṇa-alternation will be pronounced. That is how we remain wakeful for many hours, only to fall asleep thereafter, to wake up again as before. Wakefulness is a creation of sattva, sleep of tamas and dream of rajas.
When thus all the guṇas display their dominance and subsidence, one should neither feel elated nor resentful. Like sukha and duḥkha, explained in the 2nd chapter (2.14), guṇas and their effects will also be surfacing and subsiding. Allow the cycle to be. Feel harmonious with the ascent and descent alike. Enriched by moderation, the Knower should remain stable and full inwardly!
