Verso 14.5
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः ।
निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ॥
Transliteración
sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ |
nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam ||
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Traducción
Purity, passion and inertia these alities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body, the embodied, the indestructible.
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Clarity (sattva), passion (rajas) and inertia (tamas), the qualities (guṇa) born of nature, bind the imperishable embodied one in the body, mighty-armed one.
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Explicación
Krishna names the three qualities (guṇa) that arise from nature: sattva, clarity or goodness; rajas, passion or activity; and tamas, inertia or darkness. Together they bind the embodied self, which in itself is imperishable, to the body. The word guṇa can also mean a strand of rope, and some readers see in this an image of three strands twisted together into a cord that ties the self. The rest of the chapter examines each quality: how it shows itself, how it binds, and where it leads. The aim is not only to classify but to free.
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