Chapter 14 · Verse 9 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 14.9
Sanskrit
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत।।14.9।।
Transliteration
sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata jñānam āvṛitya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta
In plain words
You may recognize yourself in this verse: the false peace that keeps you stuck, the frantic doing that exhausts you, the fog that makes you feel numb or lost. Krishna says these patterns aren't your enemy—they're currents you're swimming in, and the moment you see them clearly, you're already beginning to swim differently. Freedom isn't about becoming someone else; it's about seeing what's really driving you right now, and choosing something truer.
Word by Word
The three gunas are not enemies to be destroyed, but currents within consciousness itself—each binding the soul in its own way. Sattva binds through the seduction of peace and pleasure, rajas through endless doing and ambition, and tamas through the fog of ignorance and inertia.
When you see these patterns arising in your own mind—the quiet contentment that keeps you small, the restless drive that exhausts you, the dullness that dims your clarity—you begin the real work of freedom, which is not escape but conscious transcendence.
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Bhagavad Gita 14.9 — BG 14.9
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