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Bhagavad Gītā 14.11

BG 14.11

सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते।ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत

sarva-dvāreṣhu dehe ’smin prakāśha upajāyate jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛiddhaṁ sattvam ity uta

When the light of knowledge gleams forth from all the gates of the body, then be sure that purity prevails.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

When the wisdom-light shines through every gate of this body, then it may be known that Sattva is predominant.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

sarva—all; dvāreṣhu—through the gates; dehe—body; asmin—in this; prakāśhaḥ—illumination; upajāyate—manifest; jñānam—knowledge; yadā—when; tadā—then; vidyāt—know; vivṛiddham—predominates; sattvam—mode of goodness; iti—thus; uta—certainly;

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 14.11, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/14.11), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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