Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 14.16
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Sri Madhvacharya) 14.16 · 14 · Verse 16
dvaitamadhvacharyabhagavad-gitacommentaryvedanta
Sanskrit Original
।।14.16।।रजसस्तु फलं दुःखमित्यल्पसुखं दुःखम्। तथा हि शार्कराक्षशाखायाम् -- रजसो ह्येव जायते मात्रया सुखं दुःखं तस्मात्तान्सुखिनो दुःखिन इत्याचक्षते इति। अन्यथा दुःखस्यातिकष्टत्वात्तमोधिकत्वं रजसो न स्यात्।
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Rajas therefore yields the result of sorrow; it gives little pleasure and much pain. Thus, in the Shārkarākṣa branch it is said: ‘From rajas alone arise pleasure and pain by degree; hence they are called happy and unhappy.’ Otherwise, because sorrow is predominant, rajas would not be deemed the greater (guna).