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सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च।।14.17।।

sattvāt sañjāyate jñānaṁ rajaso lobha eva cha pramāda-mohau tamaso bhavato ’jñānam eva cha

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 14, Verse 17
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
From Sattva arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from Tamas, and also ignorance.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: from goodness arises knowledge, from passion, greed, and from ignorance arise negligence, delusion, and unwisdom, again reinforcing the specific mental fruit each quality tends to produce over time.

In life: sustained time spent primarily in one quality's dominant state tends to actually shape your longer-term mental tendencies, not just your mood on any given day.

Teaching: consider which quality you've spent the most sustained time in over recent months, and honestly assess whether that sustained exposure has actually shaped your longer-term mental tendencies in the direction this verse predicts.

sattvātfrom the mode of goodness
sañjāyatearises
jñānamknowledge
rajasaḥfrom the mode of passion
lobhaḥgreed
evaindeed
chaand
pramādanegligence
mohaudelusion
tamasaḥfrom the mode of ignorance
bhavataḥarise
ajñānamignorance
evaindeed
chaand

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
14.17 सत्त्वात् from purity? सञ्जायते arises? ज्ञानम् knowledge? रजसः from activity? लोभः greed? एव even? च and? प्रमादमोहौ heedlessness and delusion? तमसः from inertia? अज्ञानम् ignorance? एव even? च and.Commentary From Sattva When Sattva becomes predominant. Sattva awakesn knowledge just as the sun causes daylight. Sattva enlightens the intellect.Greed is insatiable like fire. Greed brings misery and pain. Greed is born of Rajas. Rajas creates insatiable desire. Rajas makes one blind to the interests and the feelings of others. A Rajasic man treats others as tools to be utilised for his own selfadvancement or selfaggrandisement.Tamas produces shortsightedness? torpor and ignorance. A Tamasic man does not think a bit of the future conseences. He completely identifies himself with the body and begins to fight with people if they injure his body or speak ill of him. He is ready to do any sinful act in retaliation. He has no sense of proportion and no sense of balance or poise.