Chapter 14 · Verse 16 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 14.16
Sanskrit
कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम्।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्।।14.16।।
Transliteration
karmaṇaḥ sukṛitasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṁ nirmalaṁ phalam rajasas tu phalaṁ duḥkham ajñānaṁ tamasaḥ phalam
In plain words
You're exhausted because you've been acting from a place of fear, grasping, or numbness—and you can feel the weight of it in your chest and bones. Krishna says: the suffering you're experiencing isn't punishment; it's feedback that you've drifted from your own clarity. Right now, before your next choice, pause and ask: am I moving from truth, or from desperation, or from shutdown? That single moment of honest seeing is where everything changes.
Word by Word
Sri Krishna reveals the eternal law written into the fabric of consciousness itself: every action bears fruit according to the consciousness from which it springs. When you act from clarity, truth, and self-awareness—the sattvic nature—the result is peace and purity, a lightness in the soul.
When you act from craving, ambition, and ego—the rajasic nature—you harvest suffering, the inevitable friction of the divided self. When you act from delusion, numbness, and denial—the tamasic nature—you reap ignorance, a deepening darkness of understanding.
Today, pause before your next action and ask: which guṇa is moving me? This single discernment becomes the gateway to freedom.
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Bhagavad Gita 14.16 — BG 14.16
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