Word meanings
- sattvāt
- from the mode of goodness
- sañjāyate
- arises
- jñānam
- knowledge
- rajasaḥ
- from the mode of passion
- lobhaḥ
- greed
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- and
- pramāda
- negligence
- mohau
- delusion
- tamasaḥ
- from the mode of ignorance
- bhavataḥ
- arise
- ajñānam
- ignorance
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- and
Translations
From Sattva arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion arise from Tamas, and also ignorance.
Purity engenders wisdom, passion avarice, and ignorance folly, infatuation, and darkness.
From sattva is born knowledge, and from rajas, avarice indeed. From tamas are born inadvertence, delusion, and ignorance, to be sure.
सत्त्वगुणसे ज्ञान और रजोगुणसे लोभ आदि ही उत्पन्न होते हैं; तमोगुणसे प्रमाद, मोह एवं अज्ञान भी उत्पन्न होता है।Commentary
From Sattva When Sattva becomes predominant. Sattva awakesn knowledge just as the sun causes daylight. Sattva enlightens the intellect. Greed is insatiable like fire. Greed brings misery and pain. Greed is born of Rajas. Rajas creates insatiable desire. Rajas makes one blind to the interests and the feelings of others. A Rajasic man treats others as tools to be utilised for his own selfadvancement or selfaggrandisement. Tamas produces shortsightedness, torpor and ignorance. A Tamasic man does not think a bit of the future conseences.
He completely identifies himself with the body and begins to fight with people if they injure his body or speak ill of him. He is ready to do any sinful act in retaliation. He has no sense of proportion and no sense of balance or poise.