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Chapter 14 · Verse 15 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 14.15

contemplative Karma & Action Self & Identity Attachment & Letting Go

Sanskrit

रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते।तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते।।14.15।।

Transliteration

rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣhu jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣhu jāyate

Word by Word

rajasi in the mode of passion
pralayam death
gatvā attaining
karma-saṅgiṣhu among people driven by work
jāyate are born
tathā likewise
pralīnaḥ dying
tamasi in the mode of ignorance
mūḍha-yoniṣhu in the animal kingdom
jāyate takes birth
Simplified Perspective

When the rajas guna dominates at the moment of death, the soul carries its restless attachment to action into new birth among those bound by endless work and ambition. Similarly, when tamas clouds the consciousness at life's end, rebirth occurs in confused forms—animal bodies stripped of discrimination.

The guna that colors your final thought becomes the seed of your next life. This is not punishment but the natural law of consciousness: you become what you deeply identify with, so examine today what you are truly becoming through your choices.

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Bhagavad Gita 14.15 — BG 14.15

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

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