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Srimad Bhagavad Gita - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja

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tat sukham rajasam smrtam<br />

Rajas happiness is that which arising from the union of the senses and<br />

the phenomenal objects appears to be ambrosial at the beginning, but is really<br />

poisonous in the long run.<br />

TEXT 39<br />

yad agre canubandhe ca<br />

sukham mohanam atmanah<br />

nidralasya-pramadottham<br />

tat tamasam udahrtam<br />

That happiness is mentioned a Tamasa which in the beginning as well as<br />

in the end causes infatuation of the soul and is born of sleep, indolence and<br />

inebriation.<br />

TEXT 40<br />

na tad asti prthivyam va<br />

divi devesu va punah<br />

sattvam prakrti-jair muktam<br />

yad ebhih syat tribhir gunaih<br />

There is no such being in the world, or demigods in the heaven that are<br />

possibly free from these triple qualities of material nature.<br />

TEXT 41<br />

brahmana-ksatriya-visam<br />

sudranam ca parantapa<br />

karmani pravibhaktani<br />

svabhava-prabhavair gunaih<br />

O Arjuna, the tormentor of enemies, the duties of Brahmanas, Kshatriyas,<br />

Vaisyas and Sudras are divided according to qualities innate in them.<br />

TEXT 42<br />

samo damas tapah saucam<br />

ksantir arjavam eva ca<br />

jnanam vijnanam astikyam<br />

brahma-karma svabhava-jam<br />

Control of internal and external organs of senses, austerity, purity,<br />

forbearance, simplicity, knowledge of the self and of Godhead as interpreted in<br />

the scriptures, and firm conviction, or faith in the real interpretation of the self,<br />

Godhead and matter are the characteristic qualities and duties of a Brahmana.<br />

TEXT 43<br />

sauryam tejo dhrtir daksyam<br />

yuddhe capy apalayanam<br />

danam isvara-bhavas ca<br />

ksatram karma svabhava-jam<br />

Heroism, pomp, patience, dexterity, not to turn away from the battle field,<br />

charity, governing the state, are the characteristic qualities and duties of a<br />

Kshatriya.<br />

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