yaya dharmamadharmam cha karyam chakaryameva cha | ayathavatprajanati buddhih sa partha rajasi || O Partha! That intellect by which one understands dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → Whatever the scriptures have prescribed as duty is dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Moreover, that which leads to a good state in the next world is dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → To employ one's body, mind, wealth, ability, position, authority, strength, virtues, or any of one's specialties in serving one's parents, elders, the aged, and gurus, in bringing happiness to others, and in endeavors to do good to others, is called dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Similarly, to properly utilize things that are considered one's own in performing other acts of benevolence is dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Contrary to this, to snatch away others' wealth, property, rights, position, and authority for one's own selfishness, pleasure, comfort, power, respect, and greatness; to do harm or disservice to others; and to cause pain or trouble to others using one's body, mind, wealth, ability, position, authority, etc., which are considered one's own, is called adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → In reality, dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → What is action and what is inaction is shown in the next verse. And the concepts of action, inaction, fear and fearlessness, bondage and liberation, as shown in the sattvika intellect, should also be included here by the words 'eva cha'. Ayathavatprajanati. A person who cannot correctly identify duty and non-duty, or does not possess the right intent, will certainly not be able to know dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → Bondage and liberation mostly come after this life is over, after death. But they are to be recognized while one is still alive. Therefore, it is very difficult. To recognize it before the result comes. Then it is called sattvika intellect. If one recognizes it after the result comes, then it is called rajasi intellect. And if even after the result comes one does not realize it, then it is called tamasi. What is the major difference between sattviki intellect and rajasi intellect? What is the difference, brother, Swamiji? What is the difference? Those with sattvika intellect recognize it before the result comes, so they act accordingly. And those with rajasi intellect, even if they know, do not act. Priority order. It is not said that one with rajasi intellect does not perform righteous deeds. But what does he do, how does he do it? Incorrectly. He does it in such a way, he does not even perform dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → And he does not perform complete adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → How much weight to give to whom, the priority order in this, what else is it called? Priority. He does not give as much as is required in a matter. And he does the opposite. He reverses the priority order. He gives more in that, and less in this. In tamasi intellect, the priority order is completely reversed. And in this, there is a lack of priority order. And in that, the priority order is correct. What is called time management? Time management. Doing the thing at the time it is supposed to be done. Priority order. Time management means priority management. Everyone has the same amount of time. There is no change in that. So then, what is there to manage about it? Bringing afternoon to morning and morning to afternoon? What is there to manage about it? It is called time management, what is its management? Can any time be changed by a person? Then? Giving time according to priority. One allocates time to whatever needs to be given priority. And if it is a second priority, and one acts accordingly, then one has managed time. And that is precisely the function of the intellect. The function of the intellect is not about doing or not doing. Once it plans, then all these actions are performed by the body. Actions are said to be of three types, right? Through mind, body, and speech, there are three types of actions: vocal, mental, and physical. So where does the role of the intellect come in? Where did the role of the intellect come in that? In making decisions. What? In all three. In setting priorities. It sets the priorities and assigns them to these three. So they are the ones performing the actions. Body, mind, and speech. Three types of actions: physical, vocal, and mental. Those three are called the three types of actions. Austerity is also said to be of three types later on. In the 17th chapter, austerity is said to be of three types. Physical austerity, mental austerity, and vocal austerity. Those three types. Similarly, actions are also of three types. Physical, vocal, and mental. And time remains the same as it is. What is the role of the intellect in that? The role of the intellect is to do whatever needs to be done at that particular time. So he is said to have managed time, and his intellect is called sattvika. If one does not do it on time and then rushes, then that is not a sattvika state. In a human birth, one should do what needs to be done so that one does not have to regret later. In childhood, one should do what needs to be done so that one does not have to regret later; then it is called sattvika intellect. Ayathavatprajanati. A person who cannot correctly identify duty and non-duty, or does not possess the right intent, if he cannot even identify it, how can he prioritize? Though he might be able to identify it, the intellect lacks the strength to prioritize. Who knows, it could be due to his past karmas, or perhaps a lack of good intent, or whatever it may be. But he cannot prioritize correctly. It could be due to body-consciousness or whatever. He might be carried away by something. Because he is carried away, he cannot prioritize. If a person is carried away by attachment, he cannot give as much importance to something as it deserves. And he gives importance to the wrong things. If a king has to select a minister, what does he do? What? Whom does he select? The queen's brother. So now, he cannot give priority to the one who is actually suitable to be a minister. Therefore, the king's intellect is called rajasi. If he finds someone from somewhere who can run the entire kingdom, if it is the queen's brother, he has no objection, he can give him whatever property needs to be given. But to run a kingdom, some qualification is required. If he gives priority to that, gives importance, it is called an intellect of importance. If the intellect gives as much importance to something as it deserves, then its name is sattvika intellect. If it gives it incorrectly, then? Rajasi intellect. If it gives completely the opposite, then tamasi intellect. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details