Bhagavad Gita 14.5
Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Gunas) · गुणत्रयविभागयोग
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः ।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥
sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisaṃbhavāḥ |nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam ||
Meaning of Gita 14.5 in English
Nature is made of three qualities, called gunas: sattva (goodness and clarity), rajas (passion and restlessness) and tamas (dullness and inertia). These three tie the eternal soul to the body.
गीता 14.5 का हिंदी अर्थ
प्रकृति तीन गुणों से बनी है — सत्त्व (शुद्धता और स्पष्टता), रजस (आसक्ति और बेचैनी) और तमस (आलस्य और जड़ता)। ये तीनों गुण अविनाशी आत्मा को शरीर से बाँध देते 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.