Chapter 14, Verse 20
Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
guṇān—the three modes of material nature; etān—these; atītya—transcending; trīn—three; dehī—the embodied; deha—body; samudbhavān—produced of; janma—birth; mṛityu—death; jarā—old age; duḥkhaiḥ—misery; vimuktaḥ—freed from; amṛitam—immortality; aśhnute—attains
English translation
The embodied one, having crossed beyond these three Gunas from which the body is evolved, is freed from birth, death, decay, and pain, and attains immortality.
— Swami Sivananda
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Commentary
Just as a river is absorbed in the ocean; so also he who has; while still alive; gone beyond the qualities which form the seed from which all bodies have sprung and of which they are composed; is absorbed in Me. He ever enjoys the bliss of the Eternal. He attains release or Moksha. He attains to My Being. When the Lord said that the wise man crosses beyond the three qualities and attains immortality; Arjuna became inspired with the desire of learning more about it. Just as he has asked a question about the sage of steady wisdom in chapter II; verse 54; he now asks Lord Krishna about the characteristics of a sage who has crossed over the three qualities. How does he act What is his conduct or behaviour How has he gone beyond the qualities
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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