Learn·Chapter 14 · The three qualities·Verse 5 of 27
Bhagavad Gītā 14.5, word by word
BG 14.5
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः।निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम्
sattvaṁ rajas tama iti guṇāḥ prakṛiti-sambhavāḥ nibadhnanti mahā-bāho dehe dehinam avyayam
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In English
Purity, passion, and ignorance are the qualities that the law of nature brings forth. They fetter the free spirit in all beings.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
These qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied, the indestructible: purity, passion, and inertia.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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