Sanskrit Verse
Rajasi pralayam gatva karma-sangishu jayate, tatha pralinas tamasi mudha-yonishu jayate
Translation & Meaning
Dying in rajas, one is born among those attached to fruitive activities. Dying in tamas, one is born in the animal kingdom. The destiny shaped by one's predominant guna extends into future lives — passion leads to human rebirth, ignorance to lower species.
Key Teachings
- •Death in rajas leads to rebirth among the action-oriented
- •Death in tamas leads to birth in lower species
- •The gunas determine the quality and level of future existence
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