Chapter 18

Shloka 18.26 “An agent who is free from attachment, nonegoistic, endowed with fortitude and enthusiasm, and unaffected by success or failure, is called sattvic.” Key Teaching: A sattvic agent is detached, nonegoistic, and steady. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna defines a sattvic agent as free from attachment, nonegoistic, […]

Shloka 18.25 “Action undertaken from delusion, without regard to consequences, loss, injury, or capacity, is called tamasic.” Key Teaching: Tamasic action is delusional, ignoring consequences and capacity. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna describes tamasic action as undertaken from delusion, disregarding consequences, loss, injury, or capacity. This verse, continuing

Shloka 18.24 “Action performed with desire, with effort, and egoism, by one desiring fruit, is called rajasic.” Key Teaching: Rajasic action is driven by desire, effort, and egoism. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna describes rajasic action as performed with desire, effort, egoism, and a desire for fruit. This

Shloka 18.23 “Action performed without attachment, without love or hate, by one not desiring fruit, is called sattvic.” Key Teaching: Sattvic action is performed without attachment or desire for fruit. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna defines sattvic action as performed without attachment, love, hate, or desire for fruit.

Shloka 18.22 “That knowledge which clings to one object as if it were all, without reason, without truth, and narrow, is declared tamasic.” Key Teaching: Tamasic knowledge is narrow, clinging to one object without reason. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna describes tamasic knowledge as clinging to a single object as

Shloka 18.21 “That knowledge which sees various entities in all beings due to their separateness, know that to be rajasic.” Key Teaching: Rajasic knowledge sees separateness in beings. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna defines rajasic knowledge as that which perceives various entities in beings due to their separateness. This verse,

Shloka 18.20 “That knowledge by which one sees the imperishable in all beings, undivided in the divided, know that to be sattvic.” Key Teaching: Sattvic knowledge sees the imperishable unity in all beings. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga. Description: Krishna defines sattvic knowledge as seeing the imperishable unity in all beings, undivided

Shloka 18.19 “Knowledge, action, and agent are said to be threefold according to gunas in the science of gunas; hear of them also.” Key Teaching: Knowledge, action, and agent vary by gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas). Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna states that knowledge, action, and the agent are

Shloka 18.18 “Knowledge, the known, and the knower are the threefold impulse to action; the instrument, action, and agent are the threefold basis of action.” Key Teaching: Action has a threefold impulse (knowledge, known, knower) and basis (instrument, action, agent). Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that knowledge,

Shloka 18.17 “He whose understanding is pure, who is not egoistic, whose intellect is not affected, even if he slays, does not slay, nor is he bound.” Key Teaching: A pure, nonegoistic person is unbound by actions, even killing. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna states that one with