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Bhagavad Gita Bhasya (Gambhirananada)

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English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

14.14 Yada, when; deha-bhrt, an embodied one, the<br />

soul; yati, undergoes; pralayam, death; sattve<br />

pravrddhe, while sattva is predominant; tu,<br />

exclusively; [Tu is used to exclude rajas and<br />

tamas.-S.] tada, then; pratipadyate, he attains, i.e.<br />

gains; the amalan, tainless, stainless; lokan, worlds;<br />

[The worlds of Brahma, etc., which are free from<br />

the impurity of predominance either of rajas or<br />

tamas.] uttamavidam, of those who know the<br />

highest, i.e. of those who have known the<br />

principles-mahat and the rest.<br />

14.15 When one dies while rajas predominates, he<br />

is born among people attached to activity.<br />

Similarly, when one dies while tamas<br />

predominates, he takes birth among the stupid<br />

species.<br />

English Translation of Sri Sankaracharya's Sanskrit<br />

Commentary - Swami Gambhirananda<br />

14.15 Pralayam gatva, when one does; rajasi, while<br />

the quality of rajas predominates; jayate, he is born;<br />

karma-sangisu, among people attached to activity,<br />

among human beings having attachment to work.<br />

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