Prabhupāda Says

Chapter 14
The Three Modes of Material Nature

śrī-bhagavān kahilen:
ābāra parama jñāna baliba tomāre
jñāna-carcā yata āche uttama sabāre
ye jñānete muni jñānī haiyā sarvata
pūrva itihās chila siddhi pāraṅgata

Text 1

ei jñāna lābha kari nirguṇa jñānete
avasthita hay loka nirguṇa āmāte
tāhār nā hay janma punaḥ sṛṣṭira samay
kimbā duḥkha nāi tār yakhana pralay

Text 2

jagater mātṛ-yoni jaḍā mahat-tattva
sei brahme garbhādhān kari se mahattva
he bhārat tāi janme sarva-bhūta yata
jagater bhūta sṛṣṭi hay sei mata

Text 3

ataev sarva-yoni yata mūrti dhare
he kounteya jāna tāhā āmāra ādhāre
brahma mahat-tattva hay sabāra jananī
āmi vīja-prada pitā jagata saraṇī

Text 4

sattva, raj, tama guṇ prakṛti-sambhava
triguṇete vaddha jīv haye yāy saba
ei deha se vandhana niguḍha ākār
jīva avyaya se vaddha ye prakār

Text 5

tār madhye sattva-guṇ nirmala ādhā
pāpa-śunya prakāśaka tattva se ātmār
jñāna-carcā kari sattve bandhana tāhār
sei śuddha saṅga māne śreṣṭha camatkār

Text 6

rajo-guṇ tṛṣṇā-may śudhu bhog cāy
ājīvan karma kari kare hāy hāy
karma kare yata pāre baddha tāhe hay
asambhava karma ceṣṭā sukhe duḥkhe ray

Text 7

tamo se ajñāna-rūpa nigūḍha bandhan
pṛamāda ālasya nidrā tāhāra mohan

Text 8

sattva-guṇa sukhe bṅādhe rajo-guṇa kāje
tamo-guṇa pramādete bandhane virāje

Text 9

rajo-guṇa parājaye sattvera prādhānya
sattva-tama parājaye raja hay gaṇya
raj sattva parājaye tamera prādhānya
sei se paryāya hay guṇera sāmāṇya

Text 10

jñānera prabhāve yadā śarīre prakāś
sakal indriya-dvāre sattva-guṇera vikāś

Text 11

lok-pūjā pratiṣṭhādi karmera ākāṅkṣā
rajo-guṇe vṛddhi hay nāhi anyāpekṣā

Text 12

aprakāś apravṛtti moha tamor lakṣaṇ
vividha guṇera kārya he kuru-nandan

Text 13

pravṛddha ye sattva-guṇe dehera pralay
niṣpāpa uttama lok tāṅr prāpti hay

Text 14

pravṛtta se rajo-guṇe dehera nirvāṇ
karmīra saṅgete hay tār anuṣṭhān
pravṛddha ye tamo-guṇe śarīra chāḍay
mūḍha paśu-yoni madhye tār janma hay

Text 15

sukṛta sāttvika karma phala se nirmal
rājasika karme hay duḥkhai praval
tāmasika karma yata hay acetan
ajñānatā phal sei paśute gaṇan

Text 16

sattva-guṇe jñāna-lābha rajo-guṇe lobh
tamo-guṇe moha lābh pramāda vikṣobh

Text 17

satyalokāvadhi lok yāy sattva-guṇe
rajo-guṇ dvārā naraloke avasthān
tamo-guṇe adhaḥpāt narake gaman
vividha guṇera sei phal nirūpaṇ

Text 18

guṇ bhinna anya kartā nāhi tribhuvane
sūkṣma darśana yār guṇa nirūpaṇe
guṇātīta mor bhakti āmāra se bhāv
svarūpete śuddha jīv prāpta se svabhāv

Text 19

guṇātīta hate dehī guṇadeha chāḍe
janma-mṛtyu jarā-duḥkha bṅādhe nā tṅāhāre

Text 20

arjun kahilen:
ki lakṣaṇ kaha prabho gunātīta hale
ācaraṇ kivā hay triguṇa jitile

Text 21

śrī-bhagavān kahilen:
prakāśa pravrtti ār mohana ye tin
guṇera prabhāv sei hay bhinna bhin
tāhāte ye dveṣākāṅkṣā chāḍila jīvane
guṇātīt hay sei bujha tribhuvane
guṇa-kārye udāsīn mato ye āsīn
bicalita nahe tāhe pravṛddha pravīṇ
anāsakta guṇa kārye yevā hay dhīr
sama duḥkha sukha svasthaḥ loṣṭra svarṇa sthir
tulya priyā-priya tār tulya nindāstuti
tulya mān apamān śatru mitra ati
bhog tyāgādite nahe se āsakta
guṇātīt hay sei nirguṇete yukta

Texts 22-25

triguṇer atikrame ye kārya karay
sei se āmāra bhakti jānaha niścay
ye avyabhicārī bhakti āmāte karay
jaḍa guṇ atikrame brahma-bhūta hay

Text 26

brahmera pratiṣṭhā āmi amṛta śāśvata
ānanda ye sanātana āmāte nihita
āmār āśraye sei sakala sulabha
ataev-mor bhakti hay sudurlabha

Text 27

bhaktivedānta kahe śrī-gītāra gān
śune yadi śuddha bhakta kṛṣṇagata-prāṇ

Thus Bhaktivedānta sings the song of Śrī Gītā, with the hope that hearing this, Kṛṣṇa conscious pure devotees will be pleased.

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