Bhagavad Gita 14.1श्री भगवानुवाचपरं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम्।यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha paraṁ bhūyaḥ pravakṣhyāmi jñānānāṁ
jñānam uttamam yaj jñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṁ siddhim ito gatāḥ
Sanskrit recitation
Three moods of nature · 14.1–14.18 · Teaching
Translation
The Blessed Lord said, "I will again declare to thee that supreme knowledge, the best of all knowledge, having known which all the sages have gone to supreme perfection after this life."
Hindi translation
श्रीभगवान् बोले -- सम्पूर्ण ज्ञानोंमें उत्तम और पर ज्ञानको मैं फिर कहूँगा, जिसको जानकर सब-के-सब मुनिलोग इस संसारसे मुक्त होकर परमसिद्धिको प्राप्त हो गये हैं।
Meaning
Further analysis of the field is made in this chapter.In chapter XIII, verse 21, it has been stated that attachment to the alities is the cause of Samsara or births in good and evil wombs. In this chapter the Lord gives answers to the questions What are the alities of Nature (Gunas) How do they bind a man What are the characteristics of these alities How do they operate How can one obtain freedom from them What are the characteristics of a liberated soulAll knowledge has no reference to the knowledge described in chapter XIII, verse 7 to 10, but it refers to that kind of knowledge which concerns sacrifices. That kind of knowledge which relates to sacrifices cannot give liberation. But the knowledge which is going to be imparted in this discourse will certainly lead to emancipation. The Lord eulogises this knowledge by the epithets supreme and the best in order to create great interest in Arjuna and other spiritual aspirants.Having learnt this supreme knowledge, all the sages who practised Manana or reflection (Munis) have attained perfection after being freed from bondage to the body.Itah After this life after being freed from this bondage to the body.
After Swami Sivananda
Three moods of nature· 14.1–14.18→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
14.1The Blessed Lord said, "I will again declare to thee that supreme knowledge, the best of…
- 14.2Those who, having taken refuge in this knowledge, have attained unity with Me, are neither…
- 14.3My womb is the great Brahma; in it I place the germ; thence, O Arjuna, is the birth of all…
- 14.4Whatever forms are produced, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma is their…
- 14.5These qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the…
- 14.6Of these, sattva, which is luminous and healthy due to its stainlessness, binds one by…
- 14.7Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and…
- 14.8But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it binds fast,…
- 14.9Sattva attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas, verily shrouding…
- 14.10Now, O Arjuna, Sattva prevails, having overpowered Rajas and Tamas; then Rajas, having…
- 14.11When the wisdom-light shines through every gate of this body, then it may be known that…
- 14.12Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and longing—these arise when…
- 14.13Darkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predominant, O…
- 14.14If the embodied one meets death when Sattva is predominant, then they attain the spotless…
- 14.15Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in…
- 14.16They say that the fruit of good action is Sattvic and pure; indeed, the fruit of Rajas is…
- 14.17From Sattva arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from…
- 14.18Those seated in Sattva ascend; those of Rajasic nature dwell in the middle; and those of…
Word-by-word→
- yat
- which
- param
- supreme
- sarve
- all
- itaḥ
- through this
- parām
- highest
- siddhim
- perfection
- gatāḥ
- attained
- bhūyaḥ
- again
- jñātvā
- knowing
- munayaḥ
- saints
- jñānānām
- of all knowledge
- pravakṣhyāmi
- I shall explain
- jñānam uttamam
- the supreme wisdom
- śhrī-bhagavān uvācha
- the Divine Lord said
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