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Bhagavad Gita 14.9

Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga (The Three Gunas) · गुणत्रयविभागयोग

सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥

sattvaṃ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata |jñānamāvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayatyuta ||

Meaning of Gita 14.9 in English

Sattva attaches a person to happiness, rajas attaches them to action, and tamas covers up understanding and attaches them to carelessness.

गीता 14.9 का हिंदी अर्थ

सत्त्व मनुष्य को सुख से जोड़ता है, रजस कर्म से जोड़ता है, और तमस समझ को ढककर लापरवाही से जोड़ देता है।

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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.