# Bhagavad Gita 14.18

**Canonical reference:** `gita.14.18`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊर्ध्वं गच्छन्ति सत्त्वस्था मध्ये तिष्ठन्ति राजसाः।
जघन्यगुणवृत्तिस्था अधो गच्छन्ति तामसाः ॥

## IAST

ūrdhvaṃ gacchanti sattvasthā madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ
jaghanyaguṇavṛttisthā adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Those who adhere to (the ways of) goodness go up the passionate remain in the middle while those of the qualities of darkness adhering to the ways of the lowest quality

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