sattvam

द्यूतं छलयतामस्मि तेजस्तेजस्विनामहम्

sattvam — virtue

I am the gambling of the deceitful and the brilliance of the brilliant. I am victory; I am resolve; I am the goodness of the good.

यद्यद्विभूतिमत्सत्त्वं श्रीमदूर्जितमेव वा

sattvam — being

Whatever is glorious, whatever is beautiful, whatever is mighty — know that it comes from a fragment of my splendour.

यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम्

sattvam — being

Whatever comes into being, moving or unmoving, know it to arise from the joining of the field and the knower of the field.

सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः

sattvam — mode of goodness

Clarity, restlessness and inertia — these strands, born of nature, bind the imperishable embodied one to the body.

तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम्

sattvam — mode of goodness

Of these, clarity, being spotless, illumines and is free of trouble. It binds by attachment to happiness and to knowledge.

सत्त्वं सुखे सञ्जयति रजः कर्मणि भारत

sattvam — mode of goodness

Clarity binds to happiness, restlessness to action, Arjuna. Inertia, covering over knowledge, binds to heedlessness.

रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत

sattvam — mode of goodness

Clarity rises when restlessness and inertia are overcome; restlessness when clarity and inertia are; and inertia when clarity and restlessness are.

सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते

sattvam — mode of goodness

When light appears at all the gates of this body, then know that clarity has grown strong.

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः

sattva-sthāḥ — those situated in the mode of goodness

Those established in clarity go upward; those in restlessness remain in the middle; and those in inertia, holding to the lowest, go down.

अभयं सत्त्वसंशुद्धिः ज्ञानयोगव्यवस्थितिः

sattva-sanśhuddhiḥ — purity of mind

Fearlessness, purity of being, steadiness in knowledge and practice, giving, restraint, offering, study, austerity, straightness;

ये शास्त्रविधिमुत्सृज्य यजन्ते श्रद्धयाऽन्विताः

sattvam — mode of goodness

Those who worship with faith but set aside what the scriptures direct — where do they stand, Krishna? In clarity, restlessness or inertia?

सत्त्वानुरूपा सर्वस्य श्रद्धा भवति भारत

sattva-anurūpā — conforming to the nature of one’s mind

Everyone's faith accords with their nature, Arjuna. A person is made of their faith: as their faith is, so are they.

न द्वेष्ट्यकुशलं कर्म कुशले नानुषज्जते

sattva — in the mode of goodness

One who neither hates unwelcome work nor clings to welcome work is a true renouncer, filled with clarity, free of doubt.

न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः

sattvam — existence

There is no being on earth, nor among the gods in heaven, that is free from these three strands born of nature.