Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.10
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.10 · 14 · Verse 10
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।।14.10।।यद्यपि सत्त्वादयस्त्रयः प्रकृतिसंसृष्टात्मस्वरूपानुबन्धिनः? तथापि प्राचीनकर्मवशाद् देहाप्यायनभूताहारवैषम्यात् च सत्त्वादयःपरस्परसमुद्भवाभिभवरूपेण वर्तन्ते। रजस्तमसी कदाचिद् अभिभूय सत्त्वम् उद्रिक्तं वर्तते। तथा तमःसत्त्वे अभिभूय रजः कदाचित् कदाचित् च रजःसत्त्वे अभिभूय तमः।तत् च कार्योपलब्ध्या एव अवगच्छेद् इत्याह --
14.10 Even though all the three Gunas of Sattva etc., are associated with the nature of the self conjoined with Prakrti in the form of body, yet owing to the dominance of previous Karmas and the differences in the food nourishing the body, Sattva etc., preponderate or are subdued by turn. Sometimes Sattva preponderates prevailing over Rajas and Tamas; sometimes Rajas preponderates prevailing over Tamas and Sattva, and sometimes Tamas preponderates prevailing over Rajas and Sattva. He teaches that this changing preponderance of the Gunas can be inferred from the knowledge of the effects produced by them.