Bhagavad Gita
Guna-traya-vibhaga-yoga (The Yoga of Distinguishing the Three Modes of Material Nature)14.15
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Bhagavad Gita · 14.15
Devanāgarī

रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।
तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā karma-saṅgiṣu jāyate |
tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍha-yoniṣu jāyate ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
रजसिrajasiin rajas.
प्रलयम् गत्वाpralayam gatvāhaving died, having met death.
कर्मसङ्गिषुkarma-saṅgiṣuamong those attached (sangishu) to action (karma).
जायतेjāyatehe is born.
तथाtathālikewise, in the same way.
प्रलीनः तमसिpralīnaḥ tamasione who dies in tamas.
मूढयोनिषुmūḍha-yoniṣuin ignorant (mudha) species of life (yonishu).
जायतेjāyatehe is born.
Translation

“One who dies in the mode of passion is born among those attached to action for its fruits. And one who dies in the mode of ignorance is born in the bodies of unintelligent beings.”

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