Satvic, rajasic and tamasic impurities cloud the knowledge - Bg. Geeta Ch.3, 1-40: Part 10
Arjuna Uvacha: jyayasi chet karmanas te mata buddhir janardana tat kim karmani ghore mam niyojayasi Keshava 3.1 vyamishreneva vakyena buddhim mohayasiva me tad ekam vada nishchitya yena shreyo ’ham apnuyam 3.2 śhrī bhagavān uvācha loke ’smin dvi-vidhā niṣhṭhā purā proktā mayānagha jñāna-yogena sāṅkhyānāṁ karma-yogena yoginām 3.3 na karmaṇām anārambhān naiṣhkarmyaṁ puruṣho ’śhnute na cha sannyasanād eva siddhiṁ samadhigachchhati 3.4 na hi kashchit kshanam api jatu tishthatyakarma-krit karyate hyavashah karma sarvah prakriti-jair gunaih 3.5 karmendriyani sanyamya ya aste manasa smaran indriyarthan vimudhatma mithyacharah sa uchyate 3.6 yas tvindriyani manasa niyamyarabhate ’rjuna karmendriyaih karma-yogam asaktah sa vishishyate 3.7 niyatam kuru karma tvam karma jyayo hyakarmanah sharira-yatrapi cha te na prasiddhyed akarmanah 3.8 yajnarthat karmano ’nyatra loko ’yam karma-bandhanah tad-artham karma kaunteya mukta-sangah samachara 3.9 saha-yajnah prajah srishtva purovacha prajapatih anena prasavishyadhvam esha vo ’stvishta-kama-dhuk 3.10 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah shreyah param avapsyatha 3.11 ishtan bhogan hi vo deva dasyante yajna-bhavitah tair dattan apradayaibhyo yo bhunkte stena eva sah 3.12 yajna-shishtashinah santo muchyante sarva-kilbishaih bhunjate te tvagham papa ye pachantyatma-karanat 3.13 annad bhavanti bhutani parjanyad anna-sambhavah yajnad bhavati parjanyo yajnah karma-samudbhavah 3.14 karma brahmodbhavam viddhi brahmakshara-samudbhavam tasmat sarva-gatam brahma nityam yajne pratishthitam 3.15 evam pravartitam chakram nanuvartayatiha yah aghayur indriyaramo mogham partha sa jivati 3.16 yas tvātma-ratir eva syād ātma-tṛiptaśh cha mānavaḥ ātmanyeva cha santuṣhṭas tasya kāryaṁ na vidyate 3.17 naiva tasya kritenartho nakriteneha kashchana na chasya sarva-bhuteshu kashchid artha-vyapashrayah 3.18 tasmad asaktah satatam karyam karma samachara asakto hyacharan karma param apnoti purushah 3.19 karmanaiva hi sansiddhim asthita janakadayah loka-sangraham evapi sampashyan kartum arhasi 3.20 yad yad acharati shreshthas tat tad evetaro janah sa yat pramanam kurute lokas tad anuvartate 3.21 na me parthasti kartavyam trishu lokeshu kinchana nanavaptam avaptavyam varta eva cha karmani 3.22 yadi hyaham na varteyam jatu karmanyatandritah mama vartmanuvartante manushyah partha sarvashah 3.23 utsideyur ime loka na kuryam karma ched aham sankarasya cha karta syam upahanyam imah prajah 3.24 saktah karmanyavidvanso yatha kurvanti bharata kuryad vidvans tathasaktash chikirshur loka-sangraham 3.25 na buddhi-bhedam janayed ajnanam karma-sanginam joshayet sarva-karmani vidvan yuktah samacharan 3.26 prakriteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvashah ahankara-vimudhatma kartaham iti manyate 3.27 tattva-vit tu maha-baho guna-karma-vibhagayoh guna guneshu vartanta iti matva na sajjate 3.28 prakriter guna-sammudhah sajjante guna-karmasu tan akritsna-vido mandan kritsna-vin na vichalayet 3.29 mayi sarvani karmani sannyasyadhyatma-chetasa nirashir nirmamo bhutva yudhyasva vigata-jvarah 3.30 ye me matam idam nityam anutishthanti manavah shraddhavanto ’nasuyanto muchyante te ’pi karmabhih 3.31 ye tvetad abhyasuyanto nanutishthanti me matam sarva-jnana-vimudhans tan viddhi nashtan achetasah 3.32 sadrisham cheshtate svasyah prakriter jnanavan api prakritim yanti bhutani nigrahah kim karishyati 3.33 indriyasyendriyasyarthe raga-dveshau vyavasthitau tayor na vasham agachchhet tau hyasya paripanthinau 3.34 shreyan swa-dharmo vigunah para-dharmat sv-anushthitat swa-dharme nidhanam shreyah para-dharmo bhayavahah 3.35 arjuna uvacha atha kena prayukto ’yam papam charati purushah anichchhann api varshneya balad iva niyojitah 3.36 shri bhagavan uvacha kama esha krodha esha rajo-guna-samudbhavah mahashano maha-papma viddhyenam iha vairinam 3.37 dhumenavriyate vahnir yathadarsho malena cha yatholbenavrito garbhas tatha tenedam avritam 3.38 avritam jnanam etena jnanino nitya-vairina kama-rupena kaunteya dushpurenanalena cha 3.39 indriyani mano buddhir asyadhishthanam uchyate etair vimohayatyesha jnanam avritya dehi
