Chapter 14 verse 18
“Those situated in the mode of goodness rise upward; those in the mode of passion stay in the middle; and those in the mode of ignorance go downward.”
There
are a few interpretations of this sloka uttered by Bhagwan. One interpretation
is beings who predominantly practice goodness or sattva reach celestial abodes
after death, rajasic activities reach back to earth for exhausting those
vasanas and tamasic are relegated to the nether world or paathala loka. Another
view of this is being traversing the spiritual path towards enlightenment
gathers merit and gains through sattvic activities and either gains a fertile
ground in the next life to further that journey in the right direction or is
right of the need to come back for another life. Rajasic activities don’t lend
that option since one has to exhaust the inherent vasanas and added desires in
the current life in future lives. Tamasic activities are retrograde and it goes
without saying that it sets us back on the spiritual journey.
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