Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 455

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-14 Guṇa-traya-vibhāg Yogaḥ

Commentary Dying when Rajas is preponderant, one is reborn in the families of those who are motivated by the desire for achievement; one thus becomes qualified to perform those virtuous acts which lead to heaven and other such [material] benefits. Similarly, one who dies when Tamas is preponderant is born among species lacking in intelligence, meaning one is reborn as one incapable of realising any [of the four] goals of human existence. karmaṇaḥ sukṛtasyāhuḥ sāttvikaṃ nirmalaṃ phalam | rajas-astu phalaṃ duḥkham ajñānaṃ tamasaḥ phalam || 16 || 16. The result of a good deed, they say, is pure and is of the nature of Sattva, but the result of Rajas is suffering; and that of Tamas is ignorance.