Sloka 14.26
14.26
मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्ितयोगेन सेवते ।
स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान् ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
మాం చ యోఽవ్యభిచారేణ భక్ితయోగేన సేవతే ।
స గుణాన్సమతీత్యైతాన్ బ్రహ్మభూయాయ కల్పతే ॥
māṃ ca yo’vyabhicāreṇa bhaktayogena sevate |
sa guṇānsamatītyaitān brahmabhūyāya kalpate ||
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.