Three kinds of everything

jñānaṃ karma ca kartāca tridhaiva guṇabhedataḥprocyate guṇasaṅkhyāne yathāvacchṛṇu tānyapi

Knowledge, action and the doer are each of three kinds, by the gunas, as the science of gunas teaches. Hear them as they are.

What it means

Krishna returns to the gunas. Jnana, knowledge. Karma, action. And the doer. Each comes in three kinds, clear, restless or heavy. He'll now describe each, so Arjuna can recognise the quality of his own thinking and working, and choose better.

The story

This is Krishna's final, practical review. Arjuna will hear how clear, restless and heavy show up in everything a person does.

In your life

Think of the same report written on a rested morning and on a frantic night. The quality shows. Before your next big task, check your state first.