BG 14.6

तत्र सत्त्वं निर्मलत्वात्प्रकाशकमनामयम् ।
सुखसङ्गेन बध्नाति ज्ञानसङ्गेन चानघ ॥
tatra sattvaṁ nirmalatvāt prakāśakam anāmayam
sukha-saṅgena badhnāti jñāna-saṅgena cānagha

Word-for-word meanings

tatra — out of these;  sattvam — sattva;  nirmalatvāt — because of being pure;  prakāśakam — is illuminating;  anāmayam — [and] free from misery;  anagha — [but] O sinless one;  badhnāti — it binds;  sukha-saṅgena — by attachment to happiness;  ca — and;  jñāna-saṅgena — by attachment to knowledge.

Translation

Of these, sattva, being pure, is illuminating and free from misery. But, O sinless one, it binds by attachment to happiness and knowledge.

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