Chapter 14 · Verse 17 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 14.17
Sanskrit
सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च।।14.17।।
Transliteration
sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva cha pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva cha
In plain words
You are not broken; you are simply cultivating the wrong soil in your mind. When you feed confusion, worry, and blame, that's what grows—but when you feed clarity, even small moments of it, something shifts in what becomes possible. Krishna says: your inner state is not random or punishing; it is exactly what you have been watering with your attention, and you can choose differently right now.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the three fruits of consciousness itself—from Sattva blooms the clear light of knowing, from Rajas grows the hunger that binds, from Tamas spreads the fog that conceals. This is not judgment but diagnosis: you become what you cultivate, and your quality of mind determines what world you inhabit.
Notice today which guna shaped your choices—did clarity, craving, or confusion move you?
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Bhagavad Gita 14.17 — BG 14.17
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