What does Bhagavad Gita chapter 14 teach? Chapter 14, Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga, has 27 verses. Its main teaching: Notice which guna is moving you, and you are already free of it a little.
Summary
All of nature works through three qualities: sattva (clarity), rajas (activity) and tamas (dullness). Each binds us in its own way, and each has its signs in behaviour. Arjuna asks how someone beyond the three behaves. Krishna says such a person stays the same in pleasure and pain, honour and insult.
The main teaching
Sources
- The Bhagavad Gita, in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. Verse numbers follow the usual 700-verse count.
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Questions devotees ask us
How many verses are in chapter 14 of the Bhagavad Gita?
Chapter 14, Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga, has 27 verses in the usual 700-verse count.
What is the main teaching of chapter 14?
Notice which guna is moving you, and you are already free of it a little.