About this episode
Taught by Swami Sarvapriyananda, this episode is part of a series of talks that unfold the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita, "The Song of God". Chapter 14 is devoted to an understanding of the Gunatreya Vibhaga Yoga, or the three qualities/components of Maya. The entire universe is created by a projection of the three gunas - satva, rajas, and tamas. Understanding the science of the three gunas and how we can apply it to our lives is the focus of Chapter 14.In this episode, Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches chapter 14, verses 11-15, of the Bhagavad Gita. These verses describe what happens when one guna predominates over another. Swami Sarvapriyananda explains how we can observe this in ourselves but notes that the gunas are part of the material world and, as such, are constantly changing within us, whereas Consciousness, which is what we really are, is pure and constant._________Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 14, Verse 11???????????? ????????????????? ??????? |?????? ??? ??? ???????????????? ????????????? || 11||sarva-dv?re?hu dehe ’smin prak??ha upaj?yatejñ?na? yad? tad? vidy?d viv?iddha? sattvam ity uta? When, through all the sense openings in this body, the light of knowledge radiates, then indeed one should know that satva predominates.Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 14, Verse 12???: ???????????????: ?????????: ?????? |?????????? ??????? ???????? ??????? || 12||lobha? prav?ittir ?rambha? karma??m a?hama? sp?ih?rajasy et?ni j?yante viv?iddhe bharatar?habha? Greed, activity, undertaking of works, restlessness, desire - these prevail, oh best of the Bharatas, when rajas predominates.Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 14, Verse 13????????????????????? ??????? ??? ?? ? |?????????? ??????? ???????? ????????? || 13||aprak??ho ’prav?itti?h cha pram?do moha eva chatamasy et?ni j?yante viv?iddhe kuru-nandana? Darkness, inactivity, inadvertence, as also delusion, these prevail, oh descendant of Kurus, when tamas predominates.Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 14, Verse 14??? ??????? ????????? ?? ?????? ???? ??????? |???????????? ????????????????????? || 14||yad? sattve prav?iddhe tu pralaya? y?ti deha-bh?ittadottama-vid?? lok?n amal?n pratipadyate? If the embodied self meets with death when satva is predominant, then it attains the pure spheres of the worshipper
