14. The Three Qualities of Nature

Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog

BG 14.14

When purity prevails, the soul may pass from the body to the pure worlds of the enlightened.

यदा सत्त्वे प्रवृद्धे तु प्रलयं याति देहभृत्
तदोत्तमविदां लोकानमलान्प्रतिपद्यते

  • yadā — when

  • sattve — in the quality of purity and goodness

  • pravṛiddhe — when premodinates

  • tu — indeed

  • pralayaṁ — death

  • yāti — reach

  • deha-bhṛit — the embodied

    • deha

    • bhṛit

  • tadottama-vidāṁ — then the most enlightened
    tadā—then; uttama-vidām—of the learned

    • tadottama

    • vidāṁ

  • lokān — abodes

  • amalān — pure

  • pratipadyate — attains

...14.13

When purity prevails, the soul may pass from the body to the pure worlds of the enlightened.

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When passion prevails, the soul is reborn among those attached to work. Similarly, when ignorance prevails, the soul is reborn in the wombs of the foolish.

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Chapter 14, Verse 14