14. The Three Qualities of Nature

Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog

BG 14.22

Krishna replied: Such a person does not hate illumination, activity, or even delusion, nor do they long for them when they are absent.

श्री भगवानुवाचप्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव
न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति


  • śhrī-bhagavān — Krishna

    • śhrī — blessed, holy

      श्री

    • bhagavān — God

      भगवान्
    श्री भगवानु

  • uvācha — said

    वाच

  • prakāśhaṁ — illumination

    प्रकाशं

  • cha — and

    च

  • pravṛittiṁ — activity

    प्रवृत्तिं

  • cha — and

    च

  • moham — delusion

    मोहम

  • eva — even

    मेव

  • cha — and

    च

  • pāṇḍava — Arjuna

    पाण्डव

  • na — nor

    न

  • dveṣhṭi — hatred, repugnance, dislike

    द्वेष्टि

  • sampravṛittāni — when present

    सम्प्रवृत्तानि

  • na — nor

    न

  • nivṛittāni — absent, disappeared, omitted

    निवृत्तानि

  • kāṅkṣhati — desire, wish, strive to obtain

    काङ्क्षति
...14.21

Krishna replied: Such a person does not hate illumination, activity, or even delusion, nor do they long for them when they are absent.

[22]

They sit like an unconcerned person, unmoved by the three qualities of nature.

[23]

To such a person, pain and pleasure are the same. The cold, a stone, and a lump of gold are all the same. The pleasant and unpleasant things are equal. They are intelligent, indifferent to both blame and praise.

[24]

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Chapter 14, Verse 22