Bhagavad Gita 14.9सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥

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…

tu

but

uta

indeed

sukhe

to happiness

rajaḥ

mode of passion

sattvam

mode of goodness

tamaḥ

mode of ignorance

bhārata

Arjun, the son of Bharat

jñānam

wisdom

pramāde

to delusion

karmaṇi

toward actions

sañjayati

binds

āvṛitya

clouds