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रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते।तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते।।14.15।।

rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣhu jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣhu jāyate

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 14, Verse 15
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in Tamas, he is born in the womb of the thoughtless.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: meeting death in passion, one is born among those attached to action, dying in ignorance, one is born in the wombs of the deluded, continuing to trace outcomes specifically to which quality was dominant at the moment of death.

In life: whatever quality has become habitual in you tends to shape not just your immediate mood but the actual trajectory your life keeps following afterward.

Teaching: consider which quality has become most habitual for you lately, and recognize that habit as shaping more than just your current mood, it's quietly shaping the trajectory that follows from here.

rajasiin the mode of passion
pralayamdeath
gatvāattaining
karma-saṅgiṣhuamong people driven by work
jāyateare born
tathālikewise
pralīnaḥdying
tamasiin the mode of ignorance
mūḍha-yoniṣhuin the animal kingdom
jāyatetakes birth

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
14.15 रजसि in Rajas? प्रलयम् death? गत्वा meeting? कर्मसङ्गिषु among those attached to action? जायते (he) is born? तथा so? प्रलीनः dying? तमसि in inertia? मूढयोनिषु in the wombs of the senseless? जायते (he) is born.Commentary Meeting with death in Rajas If he dies when Rajas is predominant in him? he is born among men who are attached to action. If he dies when Tamas is fully predominant in him? he takes birth in ignorant species such as cattle? birds? beasts or insects.He may take his birth amongst the dull and the stupid or the lowest grades of human beings. He need not take the body of an animal. This is the view of some persons.