Chapter 14 · The Three Modes of Nature

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 14.11

सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत लोभ: प्रवृत्तिरारम्भ: कर्मणामशम: स्पृहा रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन

sarva-dvāreṣhu dehe ’smin prakāśha upajāyate jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛiddhaṁ sattvam ity uta lobhaḥ pravṛittir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśhamaḥ spṛihā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe bharatarṣhabha aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo moha eva cha tamasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe kuru-nandana

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When the light of knowledge shines through all the gates of this body, then one should know that goodness has grown strong. A self-test given by symptom — you diagnose the guṇa by what the day feels like.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:A self-test by symptom — you diagnose the guṇa by how the day feels.