Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 450

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-14 Guṇa-traya-vibhāg Yogaḥ

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Commentary

Even though all the three Gunas of Material Nature arise from the union of the Atman with Prakrti, yet owing to the precedence of previous Karmas and the difference in the food nourishing the body, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are constantly in a state of struggle for supremacy.

Krishna teaches that this struggle of the Gunas can be inferred from observing the effects produced by them.

sarva dvāreṣu dehe’smin prakāśa upajāyate |
jñānaṃ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛddhaṃ sattvam ityuta || 11 ||

11. When the light of wisdom radiates from all the gateways (senses) of the body, then, one
should know that Sattva prevails.

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