| Whatever forms are produced in all
different wombs, O Arjuna, the great Prakriti is their (body-giving) mother,
and the Purusha is the (seed or life-giving) father. (14.04)
Sattva or goodness, Rajas or activity, and Tamas or
inertia; these three Gunas (or states) of mind (or Prakriti) bind the imperishable soul to the body, O Arjuna. (14.05)
Of these, Sattva, being calm, is illuminating and
ethical. It fetters the embodied being, the Jeevaatma or Purusha, by attachment to happiness and knowledge, O
Arjuna. (14.06) |
