# 166. Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14, Verses 11 - 15 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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Published: 2026-01-12T01:56:49+00:00
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Taught by Swami Sarvapriyananda, this episode is part of a series of talks that unfold the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita, "The Song of God". Chapter 14 is devoted to an understanding of the Gunatreya Vibhaga Yoga, or the three qualities/components of Maya. The entire universe is created by a projection of the three gunas - satva, rajas, and tamas. Understanding the science of the three gunas and how we can apply it to our lives is the focus of Chapter 14. In this episode, Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches chapter 14, verses 11-15, of the Bhagavad Gita. These verses describe what happens when one guna predominates over another. Swami Sarvapriyananda explains how we can observe this in ourselves but notes that the gunas are part of the material world and, as such, are constantly changing within us, whereas Consciousness, which is what we really are, is pure and constant. _________ Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 14, Verse 11 सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते | ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत || 11|| sarva-dvāreṣhu dehe ’smin prakāśha upajāyate jñānaṁ yadā tadā vidyād vivṛiddhaṁ sattvam ity uta ⧫ When, through all the sense openings in this body, the light of knowledge radiates, then indeed one should know that satva predominates. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 14, Verse 12 लोभ: प्रवृत्तिरारम्भ: कर्मणामशम: स्पृहा | रजस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे भरतर्षभ || 12|| lobhaḥ pravṛittir ārambhaḥ karmaṇām aśhamaḥ spṛihā rajasy etāni jāyante vivṛiddhe bharatarṣhabha ⧫ Greed, activity, undertaking of works, restlessness, desire - these prevail, oh best of the Bharatas, when rajas predominates. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 14, Verse 13 अप्रकाशोऽप्रवृत्तिश्च प्रमादो मोह एव च | तमस्येतानि जायन्ते विवृद्धे कुरुनन्दन || 13|| aprakāśho ’pravṛittiśh cha pramādo m…

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