Sri Bhagavan said: I shall expound once more the supreme
knowledge, the best of all knowledge; acquiring which all sages have attained
highest perfection, being liberated from this mundane existence. ……………….. (1)
Those who, by practicing this knowledge have entered into
My being, are not born again at the cosmic dawn, nor feel disturbed even during
the cosmic dissolution (pralaya). ……. (2)
My primordial Nature, known as the great Brahma, is the
womb of all creatures; in that womb I place the seed of all life. The creation
of all beings follows from that union of Matter and Spirit, O Arjun.
………………… (3)
Of all embodied beings that appear in all the species of
various kinds, Arjun, Prakrti or Nature is the conceiving Mother, while I am
the seed-giving Father. ……….. (4)
Sattva, Rajas and Tamas - these three Gunas born of Nature
tie down the imperishable soul to the body, Arjun. ………… (5)
Of these, Sattva being immaculate, is illuminating and
flawless, Arjun; it binds through attachment to happiness and knowledge. …………
(6)
Arjun, know the quality of Rajas, which is of the nature of
passion, as born of desire and attachment. It binds the soul through attachment
to actions and their fruit. ………… (7)
And know Tamas, the deluder of all those who look upon the
body as their own self, as born of ignorance. it binds the soul through error,
sleep and sloth, Arjun. ………………….. (8)
Sattva draws one to joy and Rajas to action; while Tamas,
clouding wisdom, impels one to error, sleep and sloth Arjun. …………………. (9)
Overpowering Rajas and Tamas, Arjun, Sattva prevails;
overpowering Sattva and Tama, Rajas prevails, even so overpowering Sattva and
Rajas, Tamas prevails ……………. (10)
When light and discernment draws in this body, as well as
in the mind and senses, then one should know that Sattva is predominant. ………..
(11)
With the preponderance of Rajas, Arjun, greed, activity,
undertaking of action with an interested motive, restlessness and a thirst for
enjoyment make their appearance. ….. (12)
With the growth of Tamas, Arjun, obtuseness of the mind and
sense, disinclination to perform one's obligatory duties, frivolity and stupor
- all these appear. …….. (13)
When a man dies during the preponderance of Sattva, he
obtains the stainless ethereal worlds (heaven etc) attained by men of noble
deeds. …………….. (14)
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