Chapter 14 · The Three Modes of Nature

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 14.22

श्रीभगवानुवाच प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ् क्षति उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येवं योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha prakāśhaṁ cha pravṛittiṁ cha moham eva cha pāṇḍava na dveṣhṭi sampravṛittāni na nivṛittāni kāṅkṣhati udāsīna-vad āsīno guṇair yo na vichālyate guṇā vartanta ity evaṁ yo ’vatiṣhṭhati neṅgate

Recitation · Text 14.22
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (27 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

He does not hate illumination, activity or delusion when they arise, nor long for them when they cease. The mark is not that the guṇas stop operating — it is that neither their arrival nor their departure is resisted.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The guṇas do not stop; neither their arrival nor departure is resisted.