Chapter 14, Slok 18
🗣 Speaker: zrIbhagavAnBG 14.18
Original Verse
UrdhvaM gacchanti sattvasthA madhye tiSThanti rAjasAH | jaghanyaguNavRttisthA adho gacchanti tAmasAH ||14-18||
Transliteration
ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ . jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ ||14-18||
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Swami Adidevananda
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Translation
14.18 Those who rest in Sattva rise upwards; those who abide in Rajas remain in the middle; and those, abiding in the tendencies of Tamas go downwards.