The Three Modes of Nature · 14.9
Toward actions: The Three Gunas
सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत।ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत॥ १४.९ ॥
sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata
jñānam āvṛitya tu tamaḥ pramāde sañjayaty uta
Translation
Purity brings happiness, passion brings commotion, and ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure.
— Shri Purohit Swami (1935), public domain
Meaning
This draft lesson introduces Bhagavad Gita 14.9 through stronger key ideas from the verse: toward actions, wisdom, mode of goodness. In the context of The Three Gunas, learners connect Sanskrit vocabulary to the verse's teaching before applying it to daily choices. Review this draft before publication.
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