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Chapter 14 · Verse 14 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 14.14

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Sanskrit

यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्।तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते।।14.14।।

Transliteration

yadā sattve pravṛiddhe tu pralayaṁ yāti deha-bhṛit tadottama-vidāṁ lokān amalān pratipadyate

Word by Word

yadā when
sattve in the mode of goodness
pravṛiddhe when premodinates
tu indeed
pralayam death
yāti reach
deha-bhṛit the embodied
tadā then
uttama-vidām of the learned
lokān abodes
amalān pure
pratipadyate attains
Simplified Perspective

When the subtle body departs while saturated in sattva—clarity, virtue, and wisdom—the soul ascends to the luminous realms of the enlightened, untouched by darkness or confusion. This verse reveals the hidden mathematics of consciousness: we do not transcend our nature at death; we become it completely.

Your daily choices to cultivate truth, compassion, and self-awareness are not moral performances—they are investments in your actual destination.

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Bhagavad Gita 14.14 — BG 14.14

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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