| 26. Free from attachment,
not given to egotism, endued with firmness and vigour, unaffected in success
and failure, an agent is said to be Sattvic.Success:: Attainment of the fruit
of the action done: Unaffected: as having been impelled to act merely by the
authority of the sastra, not by a desire for the fruits. Rajasic Agent. Passionate,
desiring to attain the fruit of action, greedy, cruel, impure, subject to joy
and sorrow, such an agent is said to be Rajasic.Greedy: thirsting for anthers
property, not giving away ones own property to worthy persons, etc. Cruel ;
doing harm to others. Impure: devoid of external and internal purity. Subject
to joy and sorrow: rejoicing on the attainment of what is desirable, and feeling
sorry on the attainment of what is not desirable or on having to part with
what is desirable. Joy or sorrow may arise at the success or failure of the
action in which he is engaged Tamasic agent. |
