Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

गुणत्रयविभागयोग

Three Modes of Material Nature • 27 verses

An analysis of the three Gunas — Sattva (purity/wisdom), Rajas (passion/action), and Tamas (ignorance/lethargy) — and how to transcend them.

📜 Key Verses

Verse 14.6

तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् । सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥

tatra sattvaṁ nirmalatvāt prakāśakam anāmayam sukha-saṅgena badhnāti jñāna-saṅgena cānagha

Of these, Sattva, being luminous and free from sorrow on account of its purity, binds by attachment to happiness and knowledge, O sinless one.