Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-14, Slokam - 22.

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Monday, June 01, 2020.
Srimad  Bhagavad-Gita :
Chapter-14. ( GUNA-TRAYA-VIBHAGA-YOGAM )
Slokam-22. 
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Slokam :22.

Sri  Bhagavan  Uvaca

"Prakasam  ca  pravrattim  ca  mohameva  ca  pandava,

na  dveshti  sam  pravrttani  na  nivrttani  kangkshati."
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Translation of Slokam :

Sri  Bhagavan  Uvaca  =  Lord  said;

pandava,  ( yah )  =  hey,  Arjuna! ( who );

prkasam  ca  =  ( the  dharmam   of   sattvic  gunam )  of  illuminaion / light / brightness  and;

pravrttim  ca  =    ( the  darmam  of  rajo  gunam )  off  activities / action / karmam  and;

moham  eva  ca  =  ( the dharmam  of   tamo  gunam ) of  inertness  and;

sam  pravrttani  na  dveshti   =  (  one  who  )does  not  )  dislike  when  the  above  guna-s  are  present  and;

nivrttani  na  kangkshati  =  does  not  like;

( sah  gunatitah  )  =  (  he  is  gunatitan /  a  person  above  all  the  three  guna-s ).
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Essence of Slokam-22.

Shree Bhagavaan said:
When light, activity and delusion are present, O Paandava, he does not hate them, nor does he yearn for them when they are absent.
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Discourse :
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The word prakasa means illumination, lucidity, the brightness of disposition and are the effects of sattva guna or the mode of goodness. The word pravritti means enthusiastic effort or the disposition to endeavour actively and are the effects of raja guna the mode of passion. The word moha means delusion, bewilderment or having a distorted perception. All things external to the atma or immortal soul are of two categories. One is what causes attraction and the second is what causes aversion. The fundamental symptom of discerning who is beyond the three gunas or modes of material nature is that such a being neither desire to accept anything nor does such a one desire to reject anything. Whatever the Supreme Lord Krishna designates to come, such a one remains equipoise in all situations. 
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Lord Krishna now clarifies the characteristics and qualities of one who has transcended the three gunas or modes of material nature. First He answers by what symptoms does one transcend them? One who is neither repulsed by what is unpleasant nor is attracted to that which is pleasant is prakasam or illuminated, filled with the light of spiritual wisdom which arises from sattva guna or the mode of goodness. Activity and endeavor arises from raja guna the mode of passion and inertia and stupor arise from the mode of ignorance. By the effects indicative of the three gunas all other qualities of them can be accordingly determined when they are visibly appearing and even as mental tendencies in the mind. So by this it can be seen that one who is free from aversion and attraction is able to transcend. 
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The illumination that may be established in others is neither desired or detested by one who has transcended the influence of the three gunas. But sometimes it has been seen that illumined beings seem to again succumb to subtle desires by the subtle influence of raja guna and tama guna
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Next-Slokam-23.
To be continued  ......


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