गुणत्रयविभागयोग

The blessed Lord spoke: Now Arjuna, I shall expose

By fully learning, understanding and practising th

O Arjuna, you must realize that it is from Me that

The blessed Lord said:Dear Arjuna, know that whene

Arjuna, that NATURE is made of three parts, namely

Arjuna, understand these three natural elements: S

RAJAS, dear Arjuna, is that natural element repres

But you should also know O Arjuna, that darkness a

In reality O son of Kunti, SATTVA (or Goodness) bi

At times O Arjuna, the first element of nature, SA

When the light of true knowledge and wisdom sorrou

When the RAJAS GUNA has taken over a being, then i

Dullness, inactivity, laziness, negligence, ignora

If a being is SATTVIC at the time that his soul de

Should a person be in the RAJAS state at the time

The purity of SATTVA is characterized by the rewar

From the SATTVIC state of human nature one receive

Those who are in the SATTVA state always follow th

When a true wiseman and seer fully understands tha

A person whose soul has risen above these three co

Arjuna then asked the Almighty Lord: How can one k

My dear Pandava (Arjuna), he who does not hate nor

The Lord further explained:…He who sits apart undi

जो निरन्तर आत्म भाव में स्थित, दुःख-सुख को समान सम

He who behaves the same in times of honour or in t

And he who serves Me with an unfailing devotion, h

I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal, the immut