Chapter 14, Verse 22
श्री भगवानुवाच प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव। न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति।।14.22।।
śrī bhagavānuvāca prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca moham eva ca pāṇḍava. na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati৷৷14.22৷৷
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- श्री भगवान् उवाच
- The Blessed Lord said
- प्रकाशम्
- illumination (light, the quality of sattva)
- च
- and
- प्रवृत्तिम्
- activity (the quality of rajas)
- च
- and
- मोहम्
- delusion (the quality of tamas)
- एव
- indeed/even
- च
- and
- पाण्डव
- O son of Pandu (Arjuna)
- न
- not
- द्वेष्टि
- he hates
- सम्प्रवृत्तानि
- when they have arisen/are present
- न
- not
- निवृत्तानि
- when they have ceased/are absent
- काङ्क्षति
- he longs for
Commentary
The Blessed Lord said : 22. Light and activity and delusion present, O Pawdava, he hates not, nor longs for them absent.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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श्री भगवान् उवाच
प्रकाशम्
च
प्रवृत्तिम्
च
मोहम्
एव
च
पाण्डव
न
द्वेष्टि
सम्प्रवृत्तानि
न
निवृत्तानि
काङ्क्षति
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