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Chapter 14 · Verse 18The Three Modes of Nature

Bhagavad Gita 14.18

BG 14.18 — Chapter 14 (The Three Modes of Nature), Verse 18, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः | जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ||१४-१८||

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ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ . jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ ||14-18||

Roman: urdhvam gacchanti sattvastha madhye tishthanti rajasah . jaghanyagunavrttistha adho gacchanti tamasah

Those who are seated in Sattva go upwards; the Rajasic dwell in the middle; and the Tamasic, abiding in the function of the lowest Guna, go downwards.