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अर्जुन उवाच । कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो । किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते॥६-३६-२१॥
Arjuna said: By what signs, O Lord, is one known to have transcended these three guṇas? What is that person’s conduct, and how does one pass beyond these three guṇas?
english translation
श्रीभगवानुवाच । प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव । न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति॥६-३६-२२॥
The Blessed Lord said: O Pāṇḍava, when illumination, activity, and delusion arise, one does not resent them; and when they subside, one does not long for them.
english translation
उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते॥६-३६-२३॥
Sitting as if indifferent, one whom the guṇas do not shake—steadfast, thinking only, ‘the guṇas are operating’—does not waver.
english translation
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः । तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः॥६-३६-२४॥
He is even-minded in suffering and in happiness, inwardly steady; he regards a clod of earth, a stone, and gold as equal; the resolute one to whom the pleasant and the unpleasant are alike, and to whom censure and self-praise are alike.
english translation
मानावमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः । सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते॥६-३६-२५॥
He is equal in honor and dishonor, equal toward the side of friends and the side of adversaries; abandoning all self-centered undertakings—he is said to have transcended the guṇas.
english translation