Foods which promote life , vitality , strength , health , happiness and satisfaction ; which are succulent , juicy , nourishing and pleasing to the heart are dear to one in goodness 可以延长生命，增强生命力，恢复体力，促进健康，带来快乐和满足的食物是鲜美多汁，营养丰富，香甜可口的，为处于善性的人所喜爱。
Arjuna , the mode of goodness ensnares one in happiness , the mode of passion in fruitive activity and the mode of ignorance in negligence and the like , obscuring knowledge 阿诸那啊，善性的知觉觉知形态使人在幸福中被诱惑俘虏，陷于获利行为的欲望情感形态和陷于疏忽冷漠等等的愚昧无知形态遮蔽了知识的光辉。
Arjuna , spiritual intelligence in the nature of goodness is that which factually knows the propriety of things as well as the impropriety of things , duty and non - duty , fear and fearlessness , bondage and liberation 阿诸那啊，处于善性品德的灵性智能确实明了了事物的正与邪，义务与非义务，恐惧与无惧，束缚与解脱。
Charity which is given without consideration of anything in return , at a sanctified and holy place and at an astrologically auspicious time , given as a matter of duty to one qualified ; that charity is regarded as of the nature of goodness 不求任何回报，在神圣之地和良辰吉时，向有资格的圣者，尽义务而奉献的布施就被认为是具善性的。
Know that all states of beings of being in the mode of goodness , the mode of passion and whatever is in the mode of ignorance as being manifested by me alone ; but i am not within them , they are within me 要知道，无论万物处于什么状态善性的，欲望情感的还是愚昧无知的状态，都是由“我”而独自展现的，但是“我”不在万物之内，万物却在“我”之中。
Arjuna , the uninterrupted , determination which motivates the activities of the mind , the life breath and the senses by the science of uniting the individual consciousness with the ultimate consciousness is determination in the nature of goodness 阿诸那啊，通过把个体意识（知觉）和根本意识（觉知）融合统一起来，激发意识活动，生命呼吸和感官活动，这样恒定不变的决心就是处于善性品德之中。
O arjuna , the uninterrupted , determination which motivates the activities of the mind , the life breath and the senses by the science of uniting the individual consciousness with the ultimate consciousness is determination in the nature of goodness 阿诸那啊，通过把个体意识（知觉）和根本意识（觉知）融合统一起来，激发意识活动，生命呼吸和感官活动，这样恒定不变的决心就是处于善性品德之中。
Those situated in the mode of goodness go upwards to the heavenly planets , those situated in the mode of passion dwell in the middle planets of human species and those in the mode of ignorance situated in abominable delusion go downwards to the hellish planets 处于善性的知觉觉知状态的人们上升到天界，处于欲望情感性态的人们停留在中间的人界，处于令人憎恶的妄想无知性态的人们则下降到地狱般的地界。
Arjuna , the mode of goodness overpowering the modes of passion and ignorance , the mode of passion overpowering the modes of goodness and ignorance ; similarly as well as the mode of ignorance arises over the modes of goodness and passion 阿诸那啊，善性的知觉觉知可以压倒欲望情感和愚昧无知而占上风，欲望情感也可以压倒善性的知觉觉知和愚昧无知而占上风，同样地愚昧无知也可以居于善性的知觉觉知和欲望情感之上。
