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BG 14.11 — 14.11 When through every gate (sense) in this body, the wisdom-light shines, then it may be known that Sattva is predominant. | Live Gita
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सर्वद्वारेषु देहेऽस्मिन्प्रकाश उपजायते |
ज्ञानं यदा तदा विद्याद्विवृद्धं सत्त्वमित्युत ||१४-११||

sarvadvāreṣu dehe.asminprakāśa upajāyate . jñānaṃ yadā tadā vidyādvivṛddhaṃ sattvamityuta ||14-11||


।।14.11।। जब इस देह के द्वारों अर्थात् समस्त इन्द्रियों में ज्ञानरूप प्रकाश उत्पन्न होता है, तब सत्त्वगुण को प्रवृद्ध हुआ जानो।।

Word-by-word meanings

14.11 सर्वद्वारेषु through every gate (sense)? देहे in the body? अस्मिन् in this? प्रकाशः wisdomlight? उपजायते shines? ज्ञानम् knowledge? यदा when? तदा then? विद्यात् (it) may be known? विवृद्धम् (is) predominant? सत्त्वम्,Sattva? इति thus? उत indeed.Commentary When a particular ality becomes predominant? it reveals its distinctive characteristics in man. Just as jasmine scatters its fragrance far and wide? so also knowledge disseminates itself in all directions. Convert Tamas into Rajas and Raj

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।14.11।।जिस समय जो गुण बढ़ा हुआ रहता है? उस समय उसके क्या चिह्न होते हैं? सो बतलाते हैं --, जब इस शरीरके समस्त द्वारोंमें यानी आत्माकी उपलब्धिके द्वारभूत जो श्रोत्रादि सब इन्द्रियाँ हैं उनमें? प्रकाश उत्पन्न हो -- अन्तःकरण यानी बुद्धिकी वृत्तिका नाम प्रकाश है और यही ज्ञान है। यह ज्ञान नामक प्रकाश जब शरीरके समस्त द्वारोंमें उत्पन्न हो -- तब इस ज्ञानके प्रकाशरूप चिह्नसे ही समझना चाहिये कि सत्त्वगुण बढ़ा है।

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Swami Gambirananda

14.11 When the illumination that is knowledge radiates in this body through all the doors (of the senses), then one should know that sattva has increased greatly.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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