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passion is developed, abiding in those of the middle current, there darkness should be understood to be little, and goodness likewise to be less. And where goodness is developed, abiding in those of the upward current, there darkness should be understood to be little, and passion likewise to be less Goodness is the cause of the modifications in the senses, and the enlightener. For there is no other higher duty laid down than goodness. Those who adhere to (the ways of) goodness go up; the passionate remain in the middle; the men of the quality of darkness, being connected with the lowest quality, go down'. The three qualities abide in the three castes thus : darkness in the Sadra, passion in the Kshatriya, and the highest, goodness, in the Brahmana. Even from afar?, darkness, goodness, and passion also, are seen to have been together and moving about collectively. We have never heard of them (as existing) separately. Seeing the sun rising, evildoers are alarmed, and travellers, suffering trouble from the heat, feel the warmth. The sun is goodness developed, evil-doers likewise are darkness, and the heat to the travellers is said to be a property of
"1.e. the human species, Arguna Misra. Cf. Gitá, p. 109.
• Sec Gita, p. 109, also p. 327 supra. In his Sankhyatativakaumudi, V&kaspati Misra applies the epithet to Yogins (sec p. 13 of Tarinath's edition, and the editor's note there).
• Cf. Gird, p. 108.
• Cr. Gitá, p. 108. The modifications of the senses constituting perception by them is an operation of the quality of goodness. This seems to be the meaning of the text; as to this, cf. Tattvakaumudi, p. 14 (Taranath's edition).
. See Giti, p. 109; the words are nearly identical.
• Cf. Sånti Parvan (Moksha), chap. 188, st. 15. The Vaisya is omitted bere.
' I. c. Arguna Misra says, even after much observation.
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