Sunday 29 December 2013

Prakriti Characteristics

शिवतत्त्वज्ञानवर्णनं नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः
Shiva element knowledge Chapter 5



वायुरुवाच |
Vayudeva said (to the sages)



सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः |
प्रकृतौ सूक्ष्मरूपेण तिले तैलमिव स्थिताः || 34 ||
Sattva, rajas, tamas – these characteristics are born of Prakriti, staying in Prakriti like oil in a sesame seed.


Compare with shloka 5 of Chapter 14 of Bhagvad Gita.


सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः |
निबध्नन्ति महाबाहो देहे देहिनमव्ययम् ||
These are the characteristics which bind the undecaying soul/individual (body bearing entity – a living being) with the physical body. Sattva can overpower rajas, but is still something that binds the soul.

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