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PHRASES IN THE GITA - 261
सर्व भूतेषु येनैकं भावमव्ययम् अविभक्तं विभक्तेषु ईक्षते तज्ज्ञानं सात्विकम् ... (अध्याय १८ - श्लोक २०)
ஸர்வ பூதேஷு யேனைகம் பாவமவ்யயம் அவிபக்தம் விபக்தேஷு ஈக்ஷதே தஜ்ஞானம் ஸாத்விகம் .. (அத்யாயம் 18 - ஶ்லோகம் 20)
Sarva Bhooteshu Yenaikam Bhaavamavyayam Avibhaktam Vibhakteshu Eekshate Tajgyaanam Saattvikam ... (Chapter 18 - Shlokam 20)
Meaning : That Knowledge by which a person sees One Undivided Imperishable Reality within all diverse living beings is Saattvika (Knowledge in mode of Goodness) ..
Everything in Creation is constituted by the three Gunas .. Knowledge is basis for knowing using intellect .. Knowledge too , is of three types , based on the three Gunas .. Here , Shri Krishna is discussing Sattvika Knowledge ..
Sattva Guna (mode of goodness) sees the whole in anything .. Its vision is never fragmented .. Nature is 'diverse' .. numerous colours , numerous shapes and forms .. numerous potentials .. as numerous as there are types of lives .. and these are glorious and attractive .. Most of us may be lured by the outward glory and may be struck .. But , the Knowledge of person with dominant Sattva Guna goes beyond the exterior and is able to see the One underneath this variety .. It sees White behind the numerous colours .. It sees the One that is the cause of various potentials of various lives .. It is not lured by the diversity in the exterior and reaches the One common thread running through all these variations ..
The shop selling sweets has all the sweets in various colours , various shapes stacked in attractive shelves decorated by colour lights .. Others get attracyed by the arrangement and regard the various sweets as many and different from each other .. But , the person with dominant Sattva Guna sees beyond these glorious colours and shapes and sees the same flour , same ghee and same sugar in all these sweets ..
Sattva Guna (mode of goodness) sees the whole in anything .. Its vision is never fragmented .. Nature is 'diverse' .. numerous colours , numerous shapes and forms .. numerous potentials .. as numerous as there are types of lives .. and these are glorious and attractive .. Most of us may be lured by the outward glory and may be struck .. But , the Knowledge of person with dominant Sattva Guna goes beyond the exterior and is able to see the One underneath this variety .. It sees White behind the numerous colours .. It sees the One that is the cause of various potentials of various lives .. It is not lured by the diversity in the exterior and reaches the One common thread running through all these variations ..
The shop selling sweets has all the sweets in various colours , various shapes stacked in attractive shelves decorated by colour lights .. Others get attracyed by the arrangement and regard the various sweets as many and different from each other .. But , the person with dominant Sattva Guna sees beyond these glorious colours and shapes and sees the same flour , same ghee and same sugar in all these sweets ..
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