The Blessed Lord said, "I will again declare to thee that supreme knowledge, the...

Those who, having taken refuge in this knowledge, have attained unity with Me, a...

My womb is the great Brahma; in it I place the germ; thence, O Arjuna, is the bi...

Whatever forms are produced, O Arjuna, in any womb whatsoever, the great Brahma ...

These qualities, O Arjuna, born of Nature, bind fast in the body of the embodied...

Of these, sattva, which is luminous and healthy due to its stainlessness, binds ...

Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion, the source of thirst and...

But know thou Tamas to be born of ignorance, deluding all embodied beings; it bi...

Sattva attaches to happiness, Rajas to action, O Arjuna, while Tamas, verily shr...

Now, O Arjuna, Sattva prevails, having overpowered Rajas and Tamas; then Rajas, ...

When the wisdom-light shines through every gate of this body, then it may be kno...

Greed, activity, the undertaking of actions, restlessness, and longing—these ari...

Darkness, inertia, carelessness, and delusion—these arise when Tamas is predomin...

If the embodied one meets death when Sattva is predominant, then they attain the...

Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and d...

They say that the fruit of good action is Sattvic and pure; indeed, the fruit of...

From Sattva arises knowledge, and greed from Rajas; heedlessness and delusion ar...

Those seated in Sattva ascend; those of Rajasic nature dwell in the middle; and ...

When the seer beholds no agent other than the Gunas and knows that which is high...

The embodied one, having crossed beyond these three Gunas from which the body is...

Arjuna said, "What are the marks of one who has transcended the three qualities,...

The Blessed Lord said, "When light, activity, and delusion are present, he does ...

He who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the dualities, and who, kno...

Who is the same in pleasure and pain, who dwells in the Self, to whom a clod of ...

Who is the same in honor and dishonor, the same to friend and foe, abandoning al...

And he who serves Me with unwavering devotion, he, crossing beyond the dualities...

For I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal, immutable, and everlasting Dharma, ...