Chapter 14 · Verse 5The Three Modes of Nature
Bhagavad Gita 14.5
BG 14.5 — Chapter 14 (The Three Modes of Nature), Verse 5, with Sanskrit, transliteration & translation.
सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसम्भवाः | निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ||१४-५||
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sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisambhavāḥ . nibadhnanti mahābāho dehe dehinamavyayam ||14-5||
Roman: sattvam rajastama iti gunah prakrtisambhavah . nibadhnanti mahabaho dehe dehinamavyayam
Purity, passion and inertia these alities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body, the embodied, the indestructible.