Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-14, Slokam - 14.

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06/04/2020.

Srimad  Bhagavad-Gita :

Chapter-14. ( GUNA-TRAYA-VIBHAGA-YOGAM )

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Slokam-14.

"Yada   sattve   pravrddhe  tu  pralayam  yati  dehabhrt;

tadottamavidam  lokan   amalan  pratipadyate."

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 yada   sattve   pravrddhe   tu  =  When  the  sattva-gunam  increases  (  during  the  sattva-gunam  predominantly  high );

 pralayam  yati  =   if  one  dies,  then;

tada  dehabhrt  =  he,  ( that  person );

uttamavidam  =  of  the  great  sages;

amalan  lokan  =  holy  worlds ( planets );

pratipadyate  =  (  will  be  )  they  attain.

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Discourse :

1.

Lord Krishna explains that when the jiva or embodied being is in sattva guna or mode of goodness at the time of death then numerous blessed regions are reached where the knowers of atma tattva or knowledge of the immortal soul are residing. The word amalan means pure, exempt from blemish, denoting devoid of ignorance. The understanding is that the fate of a jiva who dies under the influence of sattva guna would be so beneficial that it would predetermine that the next birth would take place in the environment of pious and holy people that have realised atma tattva and so combined with an inner impulse to pursue this way of life and with opportunity in abundance one would continue in sattva guna purifying one's existence by performing spiritual activities until one achieves perfection. 

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One in goodness attains higher planetary systems, like Brahmaloka or Janaloka, and there enjoys godly happiness. The word amalān is significant; it means free from the modes of passion and ignorance. There are impurities in the material world, but the mode of goodness is the purest form of existence in the material world. There are different kinds of planets for different kinds of living entities. Those who die in the mode of goodness are elevated to the planets where great sages and great devotees live.

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Now Lord Krishna explains that a jiva or embodied being when situated in sattva guna or mode of goodness at the moment of death reaches the pure unblemished association of the spiritually perfected in the higher heavenly planets up to the planet of Brahma which is where the virtuous and pious reside.

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Lord Krishna explains the result of sattva guna or mode of goodness being predominant at the time of death is that the jiva or embodied being will reach the pure, luminous higher realms of those who worship the highest demigods such as Hiranyagarbha. 

To be continued  ......

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