Bhagavad Gita 14.18
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः। जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः।।14.18।।
ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ। jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ।।14.18।।
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- ऊर्ध्वम्
- upward
- गच्छन्ति
- go
- सत्त्वस्थाः
- those situated in sattva (goodness)
- मध्ये
- in the middle
- तिष्ठन्ति
- remain/stay
- राजसाः
- those situated in rajas (passion)
- जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्थाः
- those situated in the function/state of the lowest quality (tamas)
- अधः
- downward
- गच्छन्ति
- go
- तामसाः
- those situated in tamas (darkness/ignorance)
Commentary
18. Those who follow Sattva go upwards : the Rajasic remain in the middle ; and the Tama- sic, who follow in the coarse of the lowest gu#a> go downwards.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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ऊर्ध्वम्
गच्छन्ति
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मध्ये
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राजसाः
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तामसाः
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