Chapter 14 • Verse 15

Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas

Sanskrit Verse

Rajasi pralayam gatva karma-sangishu jayate, tatha pralinas tamasi mudha-yonishu jayate

Translation & Meaning

Dying in rajas, one is born among those attached to fruitive activities. Dying in tamas, one is born in the animal kingdom. The destiny shaped by one's predominant guna extends into future lives — passion leads to human rebirth, ignorance to lower species.

Key Teachings

  • Death in rajas leads to rebirth among the action-oriented
  • Death in tamas leads to birth in lower species
  • The gunas determine the quality and level of future existence

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