{"id":7498,"date":"2026-09-16T19:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/bhagavad-gita-chapter-14-gunatraya-vibhaga-yoga-iast\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:35:15","slug":"bhagavad-gita-chapter-14-gunatraya-vibhaga-yoga-iast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dixith.com\/jeevana-sutra\/bhagavad-gita-chapter-14-gunatraya-vibhaga-yoga-iast\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 in English IAST: Gu\u1e47atraya Vibh\u0101ga Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14: Gu\u1e47atraya Vibh\u0101ga Yoga<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-seven verses. The three gunas, sattva, rajas and tamas, how they bind, the signs seen when each increases, and the marks of one who has gone beyond them and the way to go beyond are here.
Tap any verse card to open its page with the word-by-word meaning. Pages are ready for every verse of this chapter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

All eighteen chapters are listed here: \u015ar\u012bmad Bhagavad G\u012bt\u0101<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

1<\/span>\u015br\u012bbhagav\u0101nuv\u0101ca
para\u1e43 bh\u016bya\u1e25 pravak\u1e63y\u0101mi j\u00f1\u0101n\u0101n\u0101\u1e43 j\u00f1\u0101namuttamam|
yajj\u00f1\u0101tv\u0101 munaya\u1e25 sarve par\u0101\u1e43 siddhimito gat\u0101\u1e25 || 1 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.1 \u2192<\/span><\/a>2<\/span>ida\u1e43 j\u00f1\u0101namup\u0101\u015britya mama s\u0101dharmyam\u0101gat\u0101\u1e25|
sarge’pi nopaj\u0101yante pralaye na vyathanti ca || 2 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.2 \u2192<\/span><\/a>3<\/span>mama yonirmahadbrahma tasmingarbha\u1e43 dadh\u0101myaham|
sambhava\u1e25 sarvabh\u016bt\u0101n\u0101\u1e43 tato bhavati bh\u0101rata || 3 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.3 \u2192<\/span><\/a>4<\/span>sarvayoni\u1e63u kaunteya m\u016brtaya\u1e25 sambhavanti y\u0101\u1e25|
t\u0101s\u0101\u1e43 brahma mahadyoniraha\u1e43 b\u012bjaprada\u1e25 pit\u0101 || 4 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.4 \u2192<\/span><\/a>5<\/span>sattva\u1e43 rajastama iti gu\u1e47\u0101\u1e25 prak\u1e5btisambhav\u0101\u1e25|
nibadhnanti mah\u0101b\u0101ho dehe dehinamavyayam || 5 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.5 \u2192<\/span><\/a>6<\/span>tatra sattva\u1e43 nirmalatv\u0101tprak\u0101\u015bakaman\u0101mayam|
sukhasa\u1e45gena badhn\u0101ti j\u00f1\u0101nasa\u1e45gena c\u0101nagha || 6 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.6 \u2192<\/span><\/a>7<\/span>rajo r\u0101g\u0101tmaka\u1e43 viddhi t\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101sa\u1e45gasamudbhavam|
tannibadhn\u0101ti kaunteya karmasa\u1e45gena dehinam || 7 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.7 \u2192<\/span><\/a>8<\/span>tamastvaj\u00f1\u0101naja\u1e43 viddhi mohana\u1e43 sarvadehin\u0101m|
pram\u0101d\u0101lasyanidr\u0101bhistannibadhn\u0101ti bh\u0101rata || 8 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.8 \u2192<\/span><\/a>9<\/span>sattva\u1e43 sukhe sa\u00f1jayati raja\u1e25 karma\u1e47i bh\u0101rata|
j\u00f1\u0101nam\u0101v\u1e5btya tu tama\u1e25 pram\u0101de sa\u00f1jayatyuta || 9 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.9 \u2192<\/span><\/a>10<\/span>rajastama\u015bc\u0101bhibh\u016bya sattva\u1e43 bhavati bh\u0101rata|
raja\u1e25 sattva\u1e43 tama\u015bcaiva tama\u1e25 sattva\u1e43 rajastath\u0101 || 10 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.10 \u2192<\/span><\/a>11<\/span>sarvadv\u0101re\u1e63u dehe’sminprak\u0101\u015ba upaj\u0101yate|
j\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 yad\u0101 tad\u0101 vidy\u0101dviv\u1e5bddha\u1e43 sattvamityuta || 11 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.11 \u2192<\/span><\/a>12<\/span>lobha\u1e25 prav\u1e5bttir\u0101rambha\u1e25 karma\u1e47\u0101ma\u015bama\u1e25 sp\u1e5bh\u0101|
rajasyet\u0101ni j\u0101yante viv\u1e5bddhe bharatar\u1e63abha || 12 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.12 \u2192<\/span><\/a>13<\/span>aprak\u0101\u015bo’prav\u1e5btti\u015bca pram\u0101do moha eva ca|
tamasyet\u0101ni j\u0101yante viv\u1e5bddhe kurunandana || 13 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.13 \u2192<\/span><\/a>14<\/span>yad\u0101 sattve prav\u1e5bddhe tu pralaya\u1e43 y\u0101ti dehabh\u1e5bt|
tadottamavid\u0101\u1e43 lok\u0101namal\u0101npratipadyate || 14 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.14 \u2192<\/span><\/a>15<\/span>rajasi pralaya\u1e43 gatv\u0101 karmasa\u1e45gi\u1e63u j\u0101yate|
tath\u0101 pral\u012bnastamasi m\u016b\u1e0dhayoni\u1e63u j\u0101yate || 15 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.15 \u2192<\/span><\/a>16<\/span>karma\u1e47a\u1e25 suk\u1e5btasy\u0101hu\u1e25 s\u0101ttvika\u1e43 nirmala\u1e43 phalam|
rajasastu phala\u1e43 du\u1e25khamaj\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 tamasa\u1e25 phalam || 16 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.16 \u2192<\/span><\/a>17<\/span>sattv\u0101tsa\u00f1j\u0101yate j\u00f1\u0101na\u1e43 rajaso lobha eva ca|
pram\u0101damohau tamaso bhavato’j\u00f1\u0101nameva ca || 17 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.17 \u2192<\/span><\/a>18<\/span>\u016brdhva\u1e43 gacchanti sattvasth\u0101 madhye ti\u1e63\u1e6dhanti r\u0101jas\u0101\u1e25|
jaghanyagu\u1e47av\u1e5bttisth\u0101 adho gacchanti t\u0101mas\u0101\u1e25 || 18 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.18 \u2192<\/span><\/a>19<\/span>n\u0101nya\u1e43 gu\u1e47ebhya\u1e25 kart\u0101ra\u1e43 yad\u0101 dra\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101nupa\u015byati|
gu\u1e47ebhya\u015bca para\u1e43 vetti madbh\u0101va\u1e43 so’dhigacchati || 19 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.19 \u2192<\/span><\/a>20<\/span>gu\u1e47\u0101net\u0101nat\u012btya tr\u012bndeh\u012b dehasamudbhav\u0101n|
janmam\u1e5btyujar\u0101du\u1e25khairvimukto’m\u1e5btama\u015bnute || 20 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.20 \u2192<\/span><\/a>21<\/span>arjuna uv\u0101ca
kairli\u1e45gaistr\u012bngu\u1e47\u0101net\u0101nat\u012bto bhavati prabho|
kim\u0101c\u0101ra\u1e25 katha\u1e43 cait\u0101\u1e43str\u012bngu\u1e47\u0101nativartate || 21 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.21 \u2192<\/span><\/a>22<\/span>\u015br\u012bbhagav\u0101nuv\u0101ca
prak\u0101\u015ba\u1e43 ca prav\u1e5btti\u1e43 ca mohameva ca p\u0101\u1e47\u1e0dava|
na dve\u1e63\u1e6di samprav\u1e5btt\u0101ni na niv\u1e5btt\u0101ni k\u0101\u1e45k\u1e63ati || 22 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.22 \u2192<\/span><\/a>23<\/span>ud\u0101s\u012bnavad\u0101s\u012bno gu\u1e47airyo na vic\u0101lyate|
gu\u1e47\u0101 vartanta ityeva yo’vati\u1e63\u1e6dhati ne\u1e45gate || 23 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.23 \u2192<\/span><\/a>24<\/span>samadu\u1e25khasukha\u1e25 svastha\u1e25 samalo\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101\u015bmak\u0101\u00f1cana\u1e25|
tulyapriy\u0101priyo dh\u012brastulyanind\u0101tmasa\u1e43stuti\u1e25 || 24 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.24 \u2192<\/span><\/a>25<\/span>m\u0101n\u0101pam\u0101nayostulyastulyo mitr\u0101ripak\u1e63ayo\u1e25|
sarv\u0101rambhaparity\u0101g\u012b gu\u1e47\u0101t\u012bta\u1e25 sa ucyate || 25 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.25 \u2192<\/span><\/a>26<\/span>m\u0101\u1e43 ca yo’vyabhic\u0101re\u1e47a bhaktiyogena sevate|
sa gu\u1e47\u0101nsamat\u012btyait\u0101nbrahmabh\u016by\u0101ya kalpate || 26 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.26 \u2192<\/span><\/a>27<\/span>brahma\u1e47o hi prati\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101hamam\u1e5btasy\u0101vyayasya ca|
\u015b\u0101\u015bvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaik\u0101ntikasya ca || 27 ||<\/span><\/span>Meaning of verse 14.27 \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

o\u1e43 tatsaditi \u015br\u012bmadbhagavadg\u012bt\u0101s\u016bpani\u1e63atsu brahmavidy\u0101y\u0101\u1e43 yoga\u015b\u0101stre \u015br\u012bk\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47\u0101rjunasa\u1e43v\u0101de gu\u1e47atrayavibh\u0101gayogo n\u0101ma caturda\u015bo’dhy\u0101ya\u1e25 ||<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Gu\u1e47atraya Vibh\u0101ga Yoga<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The previous chapter had stopped at \u2018attachment to the gunas is the cause of births\u2019 (13.21). This chapter unfolds those gunas: sattva binds through attachment to happiness and knowledge, rajas through attachment to action, tamas through heedlessness, sloth and sleep. The subtlety of the chapter is that even sattva, the good guna, binds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last part Arjuna asks three questions: what are the marks of one who has gone beyond the gunas, what is his conduct, and how does he go beyond them. Krishna\u2019s answer recalls the marks of the devotee in the twelfth chapter, and ends by naming the way: unswerving devotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the chapter moves<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Verses 1 and 2: I shall again declare the best of all knowledge, and those who take refuge in it are free of creation and dissolution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 3 and 4: The great Brahman is my womb, I am the seed-giving father.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 5 to 10: The three gunas, how they bind, and how they rise and fall against each other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 11 to 13: The signs seen when each guna increases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 14 to 18: The guna at the time of death and its fruit, the fruits of actions, and the directions up, middle and down.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 19 and 20: One who sees the gunas as the doers and goes beyond them attains immortality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 21 to 25: Arjuna\u2019s question and the marks of one beyond the gunas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Verses 26 and 27: The way beyond is unswerving devotion, and I am the ground of Brahman, of dharma and of bliss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Going beyond the gunas: three views<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    For Shankara going beyond the gunas is a state of knowledge possible while still living, and \u2018my state\u2019 and \u2018brahmabhuya\u2019 mean becoming Brahman itself. For Ramanuja \u2018sadharmya\u2019 is likeness with the Lord, not identity, and old impressions cannot be overcome by reflective discernment alone: refuge in the Lord is needed. For Madhva the \u2018great Brahman\u2019 is prakriti in the forms of Shri, Bhu and Durga, \u2018brahmabhuya\u2019 is becoming dear to the Lord, and even the one beyond the gunas is \u2018for the most part\u2019 free of aversion and desire. Sridhara Swami unfolds the chapter in the order of Arjuna\u2019s three questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    These pages do not decide between the readings. Wherever the acharyas part, each position is recorded in its own terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    About these pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    These pages hope that the three gunas will be read not as labels to stick on others but as a mirror for observing ourselves. On the pages for 14.8 and 14.13 we have made clear that the signs of tamas can sometimes be symptoms of depression or of a bodily illness. The page for 14.15 carries a caution that the verse must not be used as a judgement on children born with disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In this chapter the \u2018For life today\u2019 box links the gunas to everyday experience: sleep, food, tiredness, the habit of putting things off, gambling addiction, palliative care, and the support needed to change habits. The health notes are for general understanding only, and for personal problems a doctor\u2019s advice is what counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sources:<\/strong> several.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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