14. The Three Qualities of Nature

Guṇa Traya Vibhāg Yog

BG 14.25

One who looks equally upon honor and dishonor, loves friend and foe alike, and abandons all undertakings, has transcended the three qualities of nature.

मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते

  • mānāpamānayos — honor and dishonor

    • māna — honor

    • apamānayoḥ — dishonor

  • tulyas — of equal value

  • tulyo — equal

  • mitrāri-pakṣhayoḥ — friend and one's enemy

    • mitrāri — friend

    • pakṣhayoḥ — one's enemy
      ari—foe; pakṣhayoḥ—to the parties

  • sarvārambha-parityāgī — renouncer of all action
    sarva—all; ārambha—enterprises; parityāgī—renouncer

    • sarvārambha — all actions, all endeavors

    • parityāgī — renouncer

  • guṇātītaḥ — rising above the qualities of material nature
    guṇa-atītaḥ

  • sa — they

  • uchyate — are said to have

...14.24

One who looks equally upon honor and dishonor, loves friend and foe alike, and abandons all undertakings, has transcended the three qualities of nature.

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And one who serves me alone, with unwavering devotion, will transcend the three Gunas and become one with Brahman.

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For I am the abode of the immortal Brahman, the eternal Dharma, and infinite bliss.

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Chapter 14, Verse 25