Shloka 6
Adhyāya 314 — हिमवदाश्रमः, शक्तिक्षेपकथा, तथा स्वाध्यायविधिः
Himalayan Hermitage, the Myth of the Thrown Spear, and Rules of Vedic Study
सत्त्वस्य तु रजो दृष्ट रजसश्न तमस्तथा
sattvasya tu rajo dṛṣṭaṃ rajasaś ca tamas tathā | tamasaś ca punaḥ sattvaṃ sattvasya cāpy avyakta-saṃyutam ||
耶若那伐迦说道：人们观察到，罗阇斯（rajas）与萨埵（sattva）相杂，塔摩斯（tamas）与罗阇斯相杂，而萨埵又与塔摩斯相杂；并且在萨埵之中，还与“未显”（Avyakta）相系——此处指那与个体我相应的微细原则。两种原则彼此会合的状态，即名为“二对”（dvandva，二元对待）。当个体我与萨埵相合，便得至诸天之界。
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that experience is shaped by mixtures of the three guṇas (sattva, rajas, tamas). Their pairwise conjunctions create ‘dvandva’—bondage to dualities. Cultivating sattva aligns the self with higher states and leads to attainment of divine realms.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Yājñavalkya explains a philosophical analysis of the guṇas and their intermixture, defining dvandva as conjunction of principles and stating the consequence that association with sattva leads the individual self toward devaloka.