Bhagavadgītābhāṣya · Chapter 14

paraṃ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṃ jñānam uttamam |
yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṃ siddhim ito gatāḥ ||

idaṃ jñānam upāśritya mama sādharmyam āgatāḥ |
sarge 'pi nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca ||

mama yonir mahadbrahma tasmin garbhaṃ dadhāmy aham |
saṃbhavas sarvabhūtānāṃ tato bhavati bhārata ||

sarvayoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ saṃbhavanti yāḥ |
tāsāṃ brahma mahad yonir ahaṃ bījapradaḥ pitā ||

sattvaṃ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisaṃbhavāḥ |
nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinam avyayam ||

tatra sattvaṃ nirmalatvāt prakāśakam anāmayam |
sukhasaṅgena badhnāti jñānasaṅgena cānagha ||

rajo rāgātmakaṃ viddhi tṛṣṇāsaṅgasamudbhavam |
tan nibadhnāti kaunteya karmasaṅgena dehinam ||

tamas tv ajñānajaṃ viddhi mohanaṃ sarvadehinām |
pramādālasyanidrābhis tan nibadhnāti bhārata ||

sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata |
jñānam āvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta ||

rajas tamaś cābhibhūya sattvaṃ bhavati bhārata |
rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamaś caiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajas tathā ||

sarvadvāreṣu dehe 'smin prakāśa upajāyate /
jñānaṃ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛddhaṃ sattvam ity uta ||

lobhaḥ pravṛttir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśamaḥ spṛhā /
rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe bharatarṣabha //

aprakāśo 'pravṛttiś ca pramādo moha eva ca /
tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛddhe kurunandana //

yadā sattve pravṛddhe tu pralayaṃ yāti dehabhṛt /
tadottamavidāṃ lokān amalān pratipadyate //

karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam /
rajasas tu phalaṃ duḥkham ajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam //

sattvāt saṃjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca /
pramādamohau tamaso bhavato 'jñānam eva ca //

ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ /
jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ //

nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati /
guṇebhyaś ca paraṃ vetti madbhāvaṃ so 'dhigacchati //

guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī dehasamudbhavān /
janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhair vimukto 'mṛtam aśnute //

kair liṅgais triguṇān etān atīto bhavati prabho /
kim ācāraḥ kathaṃ caitāṃs trīn guṇān ativartate //

prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca moham eva ca pāṇḍava /
na dveṣṭi saṃpravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati //

udāsīnavad āsīno guṇair yo na vicālyate /
guṇā vartanta ity eva yo 'vatiṣṭhati neṅgate //

samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ /
tulyapriyāpriyo dhīras tulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ //

mānāvamānayos tulyas tulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ /
sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate //

māṃ ca yo 'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate /
sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahmabhūyāya kalpate //

brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham amṛtasyāvyayasya ca /
śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca //