Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 Verse 10
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 14 श्लोक 10

रजस्तमश्चाभिभूय सत्त्वं भवति भारत।
रजः सत्त्वं तमश्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा।।14.10।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
14.10. O descendant of Bharata !  The Sattva increases by overpowering the Rajas and the Tamas; the Rajas [increases by overpowering] the Sattva and the Tamas; and the Tamas does likewise [by overpowering] the Sattva and the Rajas.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
14.9-10 Sattvam etc. Rajah etc. Dominates fully i.e. sets  [to work].  The Sattva  flourishes by overpowering the Rajas and the Tamas.  But, the Rajas  [flourishes by overpowering] both the Sattva and the Tamas; and the Tamas [does so by overpowering] both the Sattva and the Rajas.  That has been stated :
 
The Strands augment by overpowering each other.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 14.10Rajastamashchaabhibhooya sattwam bhavati bhaarata;
Rajah sattwam tamashchaiva tamah sattwam rajastathaa.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 14.10rajaḥ—mode of passion; tamaḥ—mode of ignorance; cha—and; abhibhūya—prevails; sattvam—mode of goodness; bhavati—becomes; bhārata—Arjun, the son of Bharat; rajaḥ—mode of passion; sattvam—mode of goodness; tamaḥ—mode of ignorance; cha—and; eva—indeed; tamaḥ—mode of ignorance; sattvam—mode of goodness; rajaḥ—mode of passion; tathā—also