Chapter 14, Verse 10
रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत। रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा।।14.10।।
rajastamaścābhibhūya sattvaṃ bhavati bhārata. rajaḥ sattvaṃ tamaścaiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajastathā.14.10.
Word by word
- रजः
- rajas (the guna of passion/activity)
- तमः
- tamas (the guna of darkness/inertia) [object]
- च
- and
- अभिभूय
- having overpowered/overcome
- सत्त्वं
- sattva (the guna of goodness/purity) [subject]
- भवति
- becomes predominant/arises
- भारत
- O Bharata (Arjuna)
- रजः
- rajas [now as subject, understood to overpower]
- सत्त्वं
- sattva [object, overcome by rajas]
- तमः
- tamas [object, overcome by rajas]
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed/certainly
- तमः
- tamas [subject, understood to overpower]
- सत्त्वं
- sattva [object, overcome by tamas]
- रजः
- rajas [object, overcome by tamas]
- तथा
- likewise/similarly
Commentary
io. Sattva arises, O Bharata, predominating over Rajas and Tamas ; and Rajas, over Sattva and Tamas ; so Tamas, over Sattva and Rajas.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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रजः
तमः
च
अभिभूय
सत्त्वं
भवति
भारत
रजः
सत्त्वं
तमः
च
एव
तमः
सत्त्वं
रजः
तथा
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