Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 14/Verse 18

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः ।

जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ॥१४- १८॥


ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ ।

jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ ॥14- 18॥

The sattvic go upward, the rajasic stand in the middle, the tamasic, established in the condition of the guna that is the lowest, go downwards



ūrdhvam (adverb) (indeclinable) = upward  


gacchanti (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = they go 


sattvasthās (masculine, nominative, plural) = the sattvic 


madhye (masculine, locative, singular) = in the middle


tiṣṭhanti (present tense, 3rd person, plural) = they stand 


rājasās (masculine, nominative, plural) = the rajasic  



jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthās (jaghanya + guṇa + vṛtti + sthās) (masculine, nominative, plural) = established in the condition guna that is the lowest

adhas (adverb) (indeclinable) = downwards


gacchanti (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = they go 


tāmasās (masculine, nominative, plural) = the tamasic 



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