Guṇa-viveka, Haṁsa-gītā, and the Yoga that Cuts False Ego
तत्तत् सात्त्विकमेवैषां यद् यद् वृद्धा: प्रचक्षते । निन्दन्ति तामसं तत्तद् राजसं तदुपेक्षितम् ॥ ५ ॥
tat tat sāttvikam evaiṣāṁ yad yad vṛddhāḥ pracakṣate nindanti tāmasaṁ tat tad rājasaṁ tad-upekṣitam
在这十项之中,通达吠陀的长老圣贤赞许并劝行善性者,呵责并摒弃昏暗者,而对激情者则不加取舍。
It teaches that what the truly wise elders approve is sāttvika (goodness), what they condemn is tāmasa (ignorance), and what they ignore or dismiss is rājasa (passion).
Krishna is training Uddhava to discern the modes of nature in social and moral judgments—how goodness aligns with the guidance of the wise, while passion and ignorance distort values.
Seek counsel from genuinely virtuous and experienced devotees/elders; treat what they praise as worth cultivating, avoid what they strongly criticize, and be cautious of pursuits that wise people consistently consider trivial or distracting.