सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च | प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च ||१४-१७||
sattvātsañjāyate jñānaṃ rajaso lobha eva ca . pramādamohau tamaso bhavato.ajñānameva ca ||14-17||
- sattvāt
- from the mode of goodness
- sañjāyate
- develops
- jñānam
- knowledge
- rajasaḥ
- from the mode of passion
- lobhaḥ
- greed
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- also
- pramāda
- madness
- mohau
- and illusion
- tamasaḥ
- from the mode of ignorance
- bhavataḥ
- develop
- ajñānam
- nonsense
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- also
From the mode of goodness, real knowledge develops; from the mode of passion, greed develops; and from the mode of ignorance develop foolishness, madness and illusion.