गुणे विवृद्धे वर्धन्ते गुणा दोषजयप्रदाः । दोषे विवृद्धे वर्धन्ते दोषा गुणविनाशनाः ॥ ३२ ॥
guṇē vivṛddhē vardhantē guṇā dōṣajayapradāḥ | dōṣē vivṛddhē vardhantē dōṣā guṇavināśanāḥ || 32 ||
Translation
When virtue grows, the virtues grow that bring victory over faults; when fault grows, the faults grow that destroy virtue.
Word by word
- guṇē
- virtue
- vivṛddhē
- when grows
- vardhantē
- grow
- guṇā
- (guṇāḥ) the virtues
- dōṣa
- over faults
- jaya
- victory
- pradāḥ
- that bring
- dōṣē
- fault
- dōṣā
- (doṣāḥ) the faults
- guṇa
- virtue
- vināśanāḥ
- that destroy
Meaning
The commentary gives the principle: among opposites, when one grows its own kind grows with it and the other declines, as is well known. Both directions run on their own once they start. That is the hope in the teaching, and also its warning.