Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 14
Chapter 14
Verse 15 of 27
Verse 16
Verse 14.15
रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते। तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥14.15॥
14.15 rajasi pralayaṃ gatvā karmasaṅgiṣu jāyate tathā pralīnas tamasi mūḍhayoniṣu jāyate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Having gone to dissolution in passion (rajas), he is born among those attached to action (karma). Likewise, dissolved in darkness (tamas), he is born in the wombs of the deluded.

Stoller MillerLiterary

When he dies in passion, he is born among lovers of action; so when he dies in dark inertia, he is born into wombs of folly.

ZaehnerJesuit

(15) [Another] goes to his demise when Passion [predominates]; he will he born among such men as cling to works: and as to him who dies when Darkness [has the upper hand], he will be born in the wombs of deluded fools.

GambhiranandaAdvaita

14.15 When one dies while rajas predominates, he is born among people attached to activity. Similarly, when one dies while tamas predominates, he takes birth among the stupid species.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

14.15 (a) Meeting with dissolution when Rajas is prevalent, one is born among those attached to work... (b) Similarly, one who has met with dissolution when Tamas prevails, is born in the womb of beings lacking in intelligence.

SivanandaVedanta

14.15 Meeting death in Rajas, he is born among those who are attached to action; and dying in Tamas, he is born in the womb of the senseless.

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Verse 14
Chapter 14
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Verse 16