Bhagavad Gita · Gunatraya Vibhaga YogaChapter 14, Shloka 22 (14.22)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
श्रीभगवानुवाच
प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव
न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति
॥ 14.22 ॥
prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava
na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati
Translation
The Blessed Lord said: "O Pandava, one who does not resent light, activity and delusion when they arise, and does not long for them when they cease —"
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. mama tāmasaḥ pratyayo jātaḥ, tena ahaṃ mūḍhaḥ — "a tamasic thought has arisen in me, so I am deluded" — one does not resent things thinking like this; not taking the work of the gunas to be one's own.
Acharya Ramanuja. ātmavyatirikteṣu vastuṣu aniṣṭeṣu saṃpravṛttāni … yo na dveṣṭi — when the workings of the gunas are directed at unpleasant things, there is no aversion; and when they cease towards pleasant things, there is no longing.
Shridhara Swami. He recognises that this is the same question as 2.54 (sthitaprajñasya kā bhāṣā) — punar viśeṣabubhutsayā pṛcchati — asked again out of a desire to know more specifically.
Madhusudana Saraswati. The same connection: the answer was already given in 2.55 (prajahāti yadā kāmān), yet here it is given prakārāntareṇa — in a different way.
Madhvacharya. A practical, gentle point: prāyo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati — "prayah" (for the most part) one does not resent or long; he quotes a branch of the Sama Veda: a longing for subtle sattva may remain.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.