What is taught in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14?
Chapter 14 (Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga) contains 27 verses in the canonical Mahabharata recension (0 curated in this study edition). The Yoga of the Three Gunas. Detailed analysis of the three fundamental qualities of Nature: Sattva (purity/light), Rajas (passion/craving), and Tamas (inertia/delusion), and how to transcend them.
Chapter Summary & Key Spiritual Teachings
The Yoga of the Three Gunas. Detailed analysis of the three fundamental qualities of Nature: Sattva (purity/light), Rajas (passion/craving), and Tamas (inertia/delusion), and how to transcend them.
Core Teachings:
- Sattva binds by attachment to happiness and knowledge; Rajas by passion and action; Tamas by negligence and indolence (Verses 6-8)
- Characteristics of the Gunatita (one who has transcended the three Gunas): unperturbed by their rise and fall (Verses 22-25)
- Unswerving devotion is the direct path to transcending the Gunas (Verse 26)
Chapter Verses with Gita Press Anvaya & Translation
Chapter Study Summary Active
This chapter comprises 27 verses in the canonical recension. The complete philosophical summary and essential spiritual teachings are provided above.
Digitized verse-by-verse Anvaya and commentary entries are currently available for Chapters 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, and 18. Complete printed volumes may be consulted in Gita Press Gorakhpur Publication Code 502 / 2.