Sloka 14.17
14.17
सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च ।
प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च ॥
సత్త్వాత్సఞ్జాయతే జ్ఞానం రజసో లోభ ఏవ చ ।
ప్రమాదమోహౌ తమసో భవతోఽజ్ఞానమేవ చ ॥
sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca |
pramādamohau tamaso bhavato’jñānameva ca ||
About chapter 14
Krishna explains the three qualities (guṇas) of nature that bind the soul: sattva (goodness), which binds through attachment to happiness and knowledge; rajas (passion), through attachment to action; and tamas (ignorance), through laziness and delusion. He describes how to recognise each, and the person who rises above all three through unwavering devotion.