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कर्मणः सुकृतस्याहुः सात्त्विकं निर्मलं फलम् । रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमज्ञानं तमसः फलम्॥६-३६-१६॥
They say that the result of well-performed action is sāttvika and pure; the result of rajas is distress, and the result of tamas is ignorance.
english translation
सत्त्वात्संजायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च । प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च॥६-३६-१७॥
From sattva arises knowledge; from rajas, greed; from tamas arise negligence and delusion—and ignorance as well.
english translation
ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः । जघन्यगुणवृत्तस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः॥६-३६-१८॥
Those established in sattva move upward; the rājasa remain in the middle; those situated in the conduct of the lowest quality—tāmasa—move downward.
english translation
नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति । गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति॥६-३६-१९॥
When the seer perceives no doer other than the guṇas, and knows That which is beyond the guṇas, that one attains My state of being.
english translation
गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् । जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते॥६-३६-२०॥
Having transcended these three guṇas that arise from embodiment, the embodied Self—freed from the sorrows of birth, death, aging, and suffering—attains the Deathless.
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