Bhagavad Gita 14.15 रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते

Bhagavad Gita 14.15 — word by word

Explanation

Dying when rajas dominates, one is born among those attached to action. Likewise, dying in tamas, one is born in the wombs of the deluded. The quality that rules us at death carries over into the next life, for good or ill.

Death in rajas leads to a human birth among busy, driven people; death in tamas leads to dull or unaware forms of life. Shankara takes the deluded wombs to include animal and plant births. The teaching is not meant to frighten but to show that the qualities we cultivate carry their own momentum. Modern readers often take it psychologically too: the habits we feed decide the kind of life we keep living.

भावार्थ

रजोगुण की वृद्धि में मृत्यु होने पर वह कर्मों में आसक्त मनुष्यों में जन्म लेता है, और तमोगुण में मरने पर मूढ़ योनियों में जन्म लेता है। जैसा गुण, वैसा अगला जन्म।

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