"Verses111-119"

Rajoguna – nature and effects (verses 111-112)
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111. Rajas has projecting power (vikshepasakti). Activity is its very nature. From it the initial flow of activity has originated. From it, mental modifications such as attachment and grief are also continuously produced.

 

112. Desire, anger, greed, hypocrisy, arrogance, jealousy, egoism, envy, etc.—these are the dreadful attributes of rajas, from which the worldly tendencies of man are produced. Rajas is therefore the cause of bondage in life.

Tamo guna – nature and effects (verses 113-116)
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113. The veiling power (avritti), is the power of Tamas, which makes things appear to be other than what they actually are. It causes man‘s repeated transmigration and initiates the action of the projecting power(vikshepa).

 

114. Even the wise and the learned, and those who are expert in the understanding of the supremely subtle meaning of the scriptures, are overpowered by tamas and cannot comprehend Truth, even though It is clearly explained in various ways. They consider as real what is simply superimposed by delusion and attach themselves to its effects. Alas! How powerful is the great veiling power of dreadful tamas!

 

115. Absence of correct judgment, contrary judgment, lack of definite belief and doubt—certainly these never leave one who has any connection with this veiling power; also, the projecting power gives endless trouble.

 

116. Ignorance, laziness, dullness, sleep, inadvertence, stupidity etc., are the attributes of tamas. One tied up with these cannot comprehend anything, but remains like one asleep, or like a stump of wood or a block of stone.

 

Sattva guna – natue and effects( Verses 117-119.)
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117. Pure sattva is like clear water, yet in combination with rajas and tamas, it provides for transmigration. But when the light of the Self gets reflected in sattva alone, then, like the sun, it reveals the entire world of objects.

 

118. The characteristics of mixed sattva are, utter absence of pride etc., yama, niyama etc., and also faith, devotion, yearning for liberation, the divine tendencies, and a natural turning away from everything unreal.

 

119. The characteristics of pure sattva are cheerfulness, self-realization, supreme peace, contentment, bliss, and a steady abidance in the supreme Self, by which the aspirant comes to enjoy everlasting bliss.