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Bhagavad-gītā 14.9
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 9
- सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत ।
- ज्ञानमावृत्य तु तमः प्रमादे सञ्जयत्युत ॥९॥
- sattvaṁ sukhe sañjayati
- rajaḥ karmaṇi bhārata
- jñānam āvṛtya tu tamaḥ
- pramāde sañjayaty uta
sattvamthe mode of goodness — the mode of goodness; sukhein happiness — in happiness; sañjayatibinds — binds; rajaḥthe mode of passion — the mode of passion; karmaṇiin fruitive activity — in fruitive activity; bhārataO son of Bharata — O son of Bharata; jñānamknowledge — knowledge; āvṛtyacovering — covering; tubut — but; tamaḥthe mode of ignorance — the mode of ignorance; pramādein madness — in madness; sañjayatibinds — binds; utait is said — it is said.
O son of Bharata, the mode of goodness conditions one to happiness; passion conditions one to fruitive action; and ignorance, covering one's knowledge, binds one to madness.
A person in the mode of goodness is satisfied by his work or intellectual pursuit, just as a philosopher, scientist or educator may be engaged in a particular field of knowledge and may be satisfied in that way. A man in the mode of passion may be engaged in fruitive activity; he owns as much as he can and spends for good causes. Sometimes he tries to open hospitals, give to charity institutions, etc. These are signs of one in the mode of passion. And the mode of ignorance covers knowledge. In the mode of ignorance, whatever one does is good neither for him nor for anyone.