Bhagavad Gita
Guna-traya-vibhaga-yoga (The Yoga of Distinguishing the Three Modes of Material Nature)14.6
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Bhagavad Gita · 14.6
Devanāgarī

तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् ।
सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tatra sattvaṁ nirmalatvāt prakāśakam anāmayam |
sukha-saṅgena badhnāti jñāna-saṅgena cānagha ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तत्रtatraamong them.
सत्त्वम्sattvamsattva.
निर्मलत्वात्nirmalatvātbecause of its purity (nirmala).
प्रकाशकम्prakāśakamilluminating, enlightening.
अनामयम्anāmayamfree from disease, healthy.
सुखसङ्गेनsukha-saṅgenaby attachment (sangena) to happiness (sukha).
बध्नातिbadhnātiit binds.
ज्ञानसङ्गेन चjñāna-saṅgena caand by attachment to knowledge.
अनघanaghaO sinless one!
Translation

“O sinless one, among these guas sattva, being the purest, is illuminating and free from suffering. It binds [the embodied soul] through attachment to happiness and to knowledge.”

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