Bhagavad Gita 14.18
Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Gunas) · गुणत्रयविभागयोग
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः ।जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ॥
ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ |jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ ||
Meaning of Gita 14.18 in English
Those established in sattva rise upward, those in rajas stay in the middle, and those caught in the lowest quality, tamas, sink downward.
गीता 14.18 का हिंदी अर्थ
सत्त्व में स्थित लोग ऊपर उठते हैं, रजस वाले बीच में रहते हैं, और सबसे नीचे के गुण तमस में फँसे लोग नीचे गिरते हैं।
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The Sanskrit is public domain; the transliteration was generated for Saarthi. Meanings are original plain-language paraphrases, not a scholarly translation.