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| == त्रिगुणातीतलक्षणानि ॥ Trigunatita lakshanani<ref name=":1" /> == | | == त्रिगुणातीतलक्षणानि ॥ Trigunatita lakshanani<ref name=":1" /> == |
− | '''अर्जुन उवाच'''
| + | 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॥
| + | * By which symptoms is one recognised as trigunatita or one who has transcended the three gunas ? |
| + | * What is the code of conduct of the one who is trigunatita ? |
| + | * 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 ?
| + | <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
| + | 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. |
| + | * One who, sitting indifferently, knowing that the gunas alone are active, remaining neutral, is undisturbed by the gunas, |
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| 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. |
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| * 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 ? | + | * 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 ? | + | * What are the means by which one can attain the transcendental nature ? |
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| 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॥ | + | प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव । न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥१४.२२॥ |
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| उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥१४- २३॥ | | उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥१४- २३॥ |