Verses on the Recognition of the Lord· 15.6 / 18

Verses on the Recognition of the Lord15.6

15.6
सत्तानन्दः क्रिया पत्युस् तदभावो ऽपि सा पशोह् द्वयात्मा तद् रजो दुःखं श्लेषि सत्त्वतमोमयम् ॥६॥
sattānandaḥ kriyā patyus tadabhāvo 'pi sā paśoh dvayātmā tad rajo duḥkhaṃ śleṣi sattvatamomayam
— the bliss of being (sattva as delight) ; — action ; — of the Lord ; — the privation of that (delight) ; — also ; — it (that same action) ; — of the bound soul ; — of dual nature (pleasure-and-pain) ; — that ; — rajas ; — (as) pain ; — adhering (binding the two together) ; — consisting of sattva and tamas

The bliss of being is the Lord's action; for the bound soul, that same (action), now of dual nature (pleasure and its privation), is rajas — that adhering, painful (rajas) which binds together what consists of sattva and tamas.