||caturdazO'dhyAyaH - guNatraya-vibhAga yOgaH||

zrIbhagavAnuvAca

paraM bhUyaH pravakSyAmi jJAnAnAM jJAnamuttamam|
yajjJAtvA munayaH sarvE parAM siddhimitO gatAH||1||

idaM jJAnamupAzritya mama sAdharmyamAgatAH|
sargE'pi nOpajAyantE pralayE na vyathanti ca||2||

mama yOnirmahad-brahma tasmingarbhaM dadhAmyaham|
sambhavaH sarvabhUtAnAM tatO bhavati bhArata||3||

sarvayOniSu kauntEya mUrtayaH sambhavanti yAH|
tAsAM brahma mahadyOnirahaM bIjapradaH pitA||4||

sattvaM rajastama iti guNAH prakRtisambhavAH|
nibadhnanti mahAbAhO dEhE dEhinamavyayam||5||

tatra sattvaM nirmalatvAt prakAzakamanAmayam|
sukhasaGgEna badhnAti jJAnasaGgEna cAnagha||6||

rajO rAgAtmakaM viddhi tRSNAsaGgasamudbhavam|
tannibadhnAti kauntEya karmasaGgEna dEhinam||7||

tamastvajJAnajaM viddhi mOhanaM sarvadEhinAm|
pramAdAlasyanidrAbhistannibadhnAti bhArata||8||

sattvaM sukhE saJjayati rajaH karmaNi bhArata|
jJAnamAvRtya tu tamaH pramAdE saJjayatyuta||9||

rajastamazcAbhibhUya sattvaM bhavati bhArata|
rajaH sattvaM tamazcaiva tamaH sattvaM rajastathA||10||

sarvadvArESu dEhE'smin prakAza upajAyatE|
jJAnaM yadA tadA vidyAdvivRddhaM sattvamityuta||11||

lObhaH pravRttirArambhaH karmaNAmazamaH spRhA|
rajasyEtAni jAyantE vivRddhE bharatarSabha||12||

aprakAzO'pravRttizca pramAdO mOha Eva ca|
tamasyEtAni jAyantE vivRddhE kurunandana||13||

yadA sattvE pravRddhE tu pralayaM yAti dEhabhRt|
tadOttamavidAM lOkAnamalAn pratipadyatE||14||

rajasi pralayaM gatvA karmasaGgiSu jAyatE|
tathA pralInastamasi mUDhayOniSu jAyatE||15||

karmaNaH sukRtasya''huH sAttvikaM nirmalaM phalam|
rajasastu phalaM duHkhamajJAnaM tamasaH phalam||16||

sattvAtsaJjAyatE jJAnaM rajasO lObha Eva ca|
pramAdamOhau tamasO bhavatO'jJAnamEva ca||17||

UrdhvaM gacchanti sattvasthA madhyE tiSThanti rAjasAH|
jaghanyaguNavRttisthA adhO gacchanti tAmasAH||18||

nAnyaM guNEbhyaH kartAraM yadA draSTA'nupazyati|
guNEbhyazca paraM vEtti madbhAvaM sO'dhigacchati||19||

guNAnEtAnatItya trIn dEhI dEhasamudbhavAn|
janmamRtyujarAduHkhairvimuktO'mRtamaznutE||20||

arjuna uvAca

kairliGgaistrIn guNAnEtAnatItO bhavati prabhO|
kimAcAraH kathaM caitAMstrIn guNAnativartatE||21||

zrIbhagavAnuvAca

prakAzaM ca pravRttiM ca mOhamEva ca pANDava|
ta dvESTi sampravRttAni na nivRttAni kAGkSati||22||

udAsInavadAsInO guNairyO na vicAlyatE|
guNA vartanta ityEva yO'vatiSThati nEGgatE||23||

samaduHkhasukhaH svasthaH samalOSTAzmakAJcanaH|
tulyapriyApriyO dhIrastulyanindAtmasaMstutiH||24||

mAnApamAnayOstulyastulyO mitrAripakSayOH|
sarvArambhaparityAgI guNAtItaH sa ucyatE||25||

mAM ca yO'vyabhicArENa bhaktiyOgEna sEvatE|
sa guNAn samatItyaitAn brahmabhUyAya kalpatE||26||

brahmaNO hi pratiSThA'hamamRtasyAvyayasya ca|
zAzvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikAntikasya ca||27||

||OM tatsaditi zrImadbhagavadgItAsUpaniSatsu brahmavidyAyAM yOgazAstrE zrIkRSNArjunasaMvAdE guNatrayavibhAgayOgO nAma caturdazO'dhyAyaH||