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== त्रिगुणातीतलक्षणानि ॥ Trigunatita lakshanani<ref name=":1" /> ==
 
== त्रिगुणातीतलक्षणानि ॥ Trigunatita lakshanani<ref name=":1" /> ==
'''अर्जुन उवाच'''
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Having understood the importance of transcending the trigunas, Arjuna poses the following three questions to Shri Krishna.
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कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो । किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते ॥१४- २१॥
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* By which symptoms is one recognised as trigunatita or one who has transcended the three gunas ?
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* What is the code of conduct of the one who is trigunatita ?
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* How does one transcend the trigunas ?<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
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By which symptoms is one known who is transcendental to these three modes ? What is his behaviour ? And how does he transcend the odes of nature ?
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<blockquote>कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो । किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते ॥१४.२१॥<ref name=":3" />
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What are the marks of the man who has risen above the three gunas ? What is his conduct ? And how does he rise above the gunas ?SN
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kairliṅgaistrīnguṇānetānatīto bhavati prabho । kimācāraḥ kathaṁ caitāṁstrīnguṇānativartate ॥14.21॥</blockquote>The qualities that help recognise a person as one who has already transcended the three gunas, as described in the Bhagavad Gita, are as follows:
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* One who neither hates illumination, advancement and delusion when they are present nor longs for them when they disappear.
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* One who, sitting indifferently, knowing that the gunas alone are active, remaining neutral, is undisturbed by the gunas,
    
In this verse Arjuna enquires about the symptoms of a person who has already transcended the material modes.
 
In this verse Arjuna enquires about the symptoms of a person who has already transcended the material modes.
    
* How can one understand that he has already transcended the influence of the modes of material nature ?
 
* How can one understand that he has already transcended the influence of the modes of material nature ?
* How he lives and what his activities are. Are they regulated or nonregulated ?  
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* How he lives and what his activities are. Are they regulated or nonregulated ?
* What are the means by which one can attai the transcendental nature ?
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* What are the means by which one can attain the transcendental nature ?
    
That is very important because unless one knows the direct means by which one can be situated always transcendentally, there is no possibility of showing the symptoms.
 
That is very important because unless one knows the direct means by which one can be situated always transcendentally, there is no possibility of showing the symptoms.
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'''श्रीभगवानुवाच'''
 
'''श्रीभगवानुवाच'''
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प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव । न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥१४- २२॥
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प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव । न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥१४.२२॥
    
उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥१४- २३॥
 
उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥१४- २३॥

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