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Aligning Consciousness

Ch 14Verse 9
Adhyāya 14 Shloka 9

सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत | ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत || ९ ||

sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata | jñānam āvṛtya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta || 9 ||

"O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to fruitive action; and ignorance, covering one's knowledge, binds one to madness."

Historical Context

The Direct Meaning

Krishna summarizes the exact mechanism of the three modes in a single, brilliant formula. Sattva (goodness) binds the soul by attaching it to sukhe (happiness/comfort). Rajas (passion) binds the soul by forcing it into karmaṇi (endless action/work). Tamas (ignorance) completely covers true jñānam (knowledge) and binds the soul to pramāde (madness/illusion/negligence).

Translated from the original Sanskrit text

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