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Chapter 14 · Verse 17 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 14.17

philosophical Jnana & Wisdom Self & Identity Attachment & Letting Go

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

Word by Word

sattvāt from the mode of goodness
sañjāyate arises
jñānam knowledge
rajasaḥ from the mode of passion
lobhaḥ greed
eva indeed
cha and
pramāda negligence
mohau delusion
tamasaḥ from the mode of ignorance
bhavataḥ arise
ajñānam ignorance
eva indeed
cha and
Simplified Perspective

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

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