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Chapter 14
Link: - In the next verse, the Lord describes the natural function of the three guns (modes), before these bind the spirit.
sattvam sukhe sanjayati rajah karmani bharata
jnanamavrtya tu tamah pramade saiijayatyuta
The mode of goodness (Sattva) sways one towards happiness, passion Rajas towards action, O Bharata, while ignorance, veiling knowledge, leads one to, negligence and inattention (Tomas). 9
Comment:-
Sattvam sukhe sanjayati:- A striver, is attached to happiness and thus he is bound. Because of this attachment, he does not make any further spiritual progress, and transcend the three gums.
In the sixth verse of this chapter, the Lord declared that the mode of goodness, binds by attachment to happiness and knowledge. But here He refers to only attachment for happiness. It means, that pride of knowledge, also provides happiness which binds a striver. So, He describes, only happiness.
Rajah karmani bharata:- As a child, takes pleasure in moving his arms and legs etc., so a man feels happy while performing actions. As he is attached to actions, this attachment overpowers him. He pays attention to the Lord's words 'You are not entitled to the fruit of action' (Gita 2/47), but he does not pay attention to the fact, that he should not be attached, to actions. He goes through the Lord's declarations such as, "Your right is to perform your duty; let your attachment, not be to inaction" and "Action is said to be the means of the sage who wishes to attain to Yoga" (Gita 6/3). So he thinks, that he must perform actions. Thus, by performing actions he is attached to them. So the Lord warns him, that he should beware of attachment to actions, which binds him. A striver, should discharge his duty promptly by performing actions, but should not get attached to them (Gita 6/4).
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