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Chapter 14
Link:- When one of the modes, prevails over the other two, what are the marks of that prepondering mode? The Lord first delineates the marks of the predominance, of the mode of goodness.
sarvadvaresu dehe'sminprakasa upajayate
jnanam yada lurid vidyadvivrddharh sattvamityuta
When the vents of the body (senses and mind) are illumined by light (purity) and knowledge, then it may be said, that Sattva (goodness) is dominant. 11
Comment:-
Sarvadvaresu dehe'sminprakasa upajayate jnanam yada:- When the mode of goodness prevails, overpowering the modes of passion and ignorance, all the senses and the mind, are illuminated. As, in the light of the sun, the objects are seen clearly, one perceives things, in the right perspective. The mind thinks properly.
When the senses and the mind, are cleansed, one can distinguish between the real and the unreal, right and wrong, good and bad and what ought to be done and what ought, not to be done.
By using the term Dehe'smin', (in this body), the Lord wants to emphasize the importance of human birth. It is only in this birth, that one can develop the mode of goodness i.e., purity and discrimination. The Lord, has used the expression 'Sarvadehinam' (Gila 14/8), for all embodied beings, who are bound by the mode of ignorance: It means, that the modes of ignorance and passion, develop in other bodies also, but the mode of goodness can develop, only in the human body. So, a man by overpowering the modes of passion and ignorance, should transcend even the mode of goodness, in order to attain the goal of human life. The Lord, by His grace has given us power and freedom in this human body, to prevail over these three modes.
Tads vidyadvivrddham sattvamityuta:- When a strivers mind, is illumined and discrimination is aroused, he should know that the mode of goodness, has prevailed by overpowering, the modes of passion and ignorance. So he should not feel proud of his achievement, regarding discrimination and illumination, as his own. He should regard these, as marks, of the mode of goodness.
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