Sloka 14.5
14.5
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः ।
निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥
సత్త్వం రజస్తమ ఇతి గుణాః ప్రకృతిసంభవాః ।
నిబధ్నన్తి మహాబాహో దేహే దేహినమవ్యయమ్ ॥
sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisaṃbhavāḥ |
nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam ||
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.