Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-17, Sraddha-traya-vibhaga-yogam ; Introduction-1.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, July 14, , 2021. 9 : 45. PM. Srimad Bhagavad-Gita Chapter-17. Sraddha-traya-vibhaga-yogam : Introduction.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter-17. Introduction-1. In this chapter the Supreme Lord Krishna explains the attributes and results of the three gunas or threefold modes of material nature: sattva guna or the mode of goodness, raja guna or the mode of passion and tama guna or the mode of ignorance. The words sastram-vidam refers to the ordinances, injunctions and prohibitions of the Vedic scriptures. An example of a prohibition is that the Vedic scriptures declare that it is forbidden to marry a virgin maiden no matter how qualified if her mother and father have a sapinda relationship with each other, meanin...