अर्जुन उवाच
14.21 कैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो।किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते
arjuna uvāca
kair
Word meanings
kaiḥ—by what;liṅgaiḥ—symptoms;trīn—three;guṇān—modes of material nature;etān—these;atītaḥ—having transcended;bhavati—is;prabho—Lord;kim—what;āchāraḥ—conduct;katham—how;cha—and;etān—these;trīn—three;guṇān—modes of material nature;ativartate—transcend
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Arjuna said, "O Master! With what characteristic marks does he who has transcended these three strands exist? What is his behavior? How does he pass beyond these three strands?"
Arjuna asked: My Lord! By what signs can he who has transcended the Qualities be recognized? How does he act? How does he live beyond them?
Arjuna said What are the marks of a man who has crossed beyond the three Gunas? What is his behaviour? And how does he cross beyond the three Gunas?
Arjuna said O Lord, by what signs is one (known) who has gone beyond these three qualities? What is his behaviour, and how does he transcend these three qualities?
What are the marks of him who has crossed over the three qualities, O Lord? What is his conduct and how does he go beyond these three qualities?
14.23 उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते।गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते
udāsīnavad
Word meanings
udāsīna-vat—neutral;āsīnaḥ—situated;guṇaiḥ—to the modes of material nature;yaḥ—who;na—not;vichālyate—are disturbed;guṇāḥ—modes of material nature;vartante—act;iti-evam—knowing it in this way;yaḥ—who;avatiṣhṭhati—established in the self;na—not;iṅgate—wavering
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He who, sitting like an unconcerned person, is not perturbed by the strands; who is ignorant of the existence of the strands; or who remains simply aware that the strands alone exist; who is not shaken;
He who maintains an attitude of indifference, who is not disturbed by the Qualities, who realises that it is only they who act, and remains calm;
He who sits like one unconcerned, undisturbed by the Gunas; who knows, 'It is the Gunas that move,' and so rests unshaken;
He who, sitting like one indifferent, is not distracted by the three qualities; he who, thinking that the qualities alone act, remains firm and surely does not move;
He who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the qualities, and who, knowing that the qualities are active, is self-centred and moves not,
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गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Chapter 14: Tell Apart the Three Gunas
guṇatrayavibhāgayoga
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श्रीभगवानुवाच
14.22 प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव।न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति
śrī bhagavān uvāca
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Word meanings
prakāśham—illumination;cha—and;pravṛittim—activity;cha—and;moham—delusion;eva—even;cha—and;pāṇḍava—Arjun, the son of Pandu;na dveṣhṭi—do not hate;sampravṛittāni—when present;na—nor;nivṛittāni—when absent;kāṅkṣhati—longs
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Bhagavat said, "O son of Pandu! He neither abhors nor craves for illumination, exertion, and delusion, as and when they arise or cease to be."
Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Prince! He who shuns not the Quality which is present, and longs not for that which is absent;
The Lord said He hates not illumination, nor activity nor even delusion, O Arjuna, while these prevail, nor longs for them when they cease.
The Blessed Lord said O son of Pandu, he neither dislikes illumination (knowledge), activity and delusion when they appear, nor does he long for them when they disappear.
Light, activity and delusion,–when they are present, O Arjuna, he hates not, nor does he long for them when they are absent!
