Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand 709

Yatharth Geeta -Swami Adgadanand Ji

CHAPTER 14 Division of The Three Properties सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते। ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत ॥11॥ [ ‘‘When the mind and senses are suffused with the light of knowledge and consciousness, it should be taken as a sign of the growing strength of sattwa.’’ ] And- लोभ: प्रवृत्तिरारम्भ: कर्मणामशम: स्पृहा। रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ ॥12॥ [ “When the property of rajas is ascendant, O the best of Bharat, greed, worldly inclination, the tendency to undertake action , restlessness, and desire for sensual pleasures arise.’’ ] What happens, however, when tamas grows dominant?