are always attached to living creatures. Three
kinds of intelligence also are noticeable in every
creature, viz., that which depends upon Goodness,
that upon Passion, and that upon Darkness, O Bharata.
The quality of Goodness brings happiness; the quality
of Passion produces sorrow; and if these two combine
with the quality of Darkness, then neither happiness
nor sorrow is produced (but, instead, only delusion
or error). Every state of happiness that appears
in the body or the mind is said to be due to the quality
of Goodness. A state of sorrow, disagreeable
to oneself’, that comes, is due to nothing but
the quality of Passion. One should never think
of it with fear.[608] That state, again, which is
allied with delusion and error, and in consequence
of which one knows not what to do, which is unascertainable
and unknown, should be regarded as belonging to the
quality of Darkness.[609] Gladness, satisfaction,
delight, happiness, tranquillity of heart, these are
the properties of the state of Goodness. Man sometimes
obtains a measure of them. Discontent, heart-burning,
grief, cupidity, vindictiveness are all indications
of the state of Passion. They are seen with or
without adequate causes for producing them. Disgrace,
delusion, error, sleep and stupefaction, that overtake
one through excess of ill-luck, are the various properties
of the state of Darkness.[610] That person whose mind
is far-reaching, capable of extending in all directions,
mistrustful in respect of winning the objects it desires,
and well-restrained, is happy both here and hereafter.[611]
Mark the distinction between these two subtile things,
viz., Intelligence and Soul. One of these
(viz., intelligence), puts forth the qualities.
The other (viz., the Soul), does nothing of the kind.
A gnat and a fig may be seen to be united with each
other. Though united, each however is distinct
from the other. Similarly, Intelligence and Soul,
though distinguished from each other, by their respective
natures, yet they may always be seen to exist in a
state of union. A fish and water exist in a state
of union, Each, however, is different from the other.
The same is the case with Intelligence and Soul.
The qualities do not know the Soul, but the Soul knows
them all. The Soul is the spectator of the qualities
and regards them all as proceeding from itself.
The soul, acting through the senses, the mind, and
the understanding numbering as the seventh, all of
which are inactive and have no self-consciousness,
discovers the objects (amid which it exists) like
a (covered) lamp showing all objects around it by
shedding its rays through an aperture in the covering.
The understanding or Intelligence creates all the
qualities. The Soul only beholds them (as a witness).
Even such is certainly the connection between the
intelligence and the Soul.[612] There is no refuge
on which either Intelligence or Soul depends.
The Understanding creates the mind, but never the
qualities. When the soul, by means of the mind,