Going Beyond The Three Attributes Or Gunas
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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM
14.21
अर्जुन उवाच ।
कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो ।
किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते
॥ १४-२१॥
arjuna uvāca kair liṅgais trīnguṇān etān
atīto bhavati prabho kim ācāraḥ
kathaṁ caitāṁs trīnguṇānativartate
Arjuna inquires: O my Lord, by what
symptoms is one known who is
transcendental to those modes? What
is his behavior? And how does he
transcend the modes of nature?
POWERFUL COGNITION
One who is beyond the three guṇas is unaffected by their play, he has an attitude of total detachment.
14.22
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव ।
न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति
॥ १४=२२ ॥
śrībhagavānuvāca prakāśaṁ ca pravṛttiṁ
ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava na dveṣṭi
saṁpravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati
Śrī Bhagavān says: He who does not hate
illumination, attachment and delusion
when they are present, nor longs for
them when they disappear; who is
seated like one unconcerned,
POWERFUL COGNITION
He is beyond the play of emotions. Whatever happens is right for him. Success and failure mean the same. Friend and foe make no difference. Poverty or richness has no influence on him.
14.23
दासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते ।
गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येवं योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते
॥ १४=२३॥
udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate
guṇā vartanta ityeva yo'vatiṣṭhati
neṅgate
being situated beyond these material
reactions of the modes of nature, who
remains firm, knowing that the modes
alone are active; He who regards alike
pleasure and pain,
POWERFUL COGNITION
He has completely surrendered to the Universe and trusts that whatever happens is what needs to happen and is totally detached.
14.24
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ।
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः
॥ १४-२४॥
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ svasthaḥ sama-
loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ tulya-priyāpriyo
dhīras tulya-nindātma-saṁstutiḥ
looks on a lump of earth, a stone and a
piece of gold with an equal eye; who is
wise and holds praise and blame to be
the same;
POWERFUL COGNITION
He is devoid of root patterns, our conditioned muscle-memories and bio- memories, that create in us pain and pleasure, light and darkness, good and bad, right and wrong
14.25
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते
॥ १४=२५॥
mānāpamānyos tulyastulyo mitrāri-
pakṣayoḥ sarvārambha-parityāgī
guṇātitaḥ sa ucyate
who is unchanged in honor and
dishonor, who treats friend and foe
alike, who has abandoned all result
based undertakings—such a man is said
to have transcended the modes of
nature
POWERFUL COGNITION
One who has transcended the three guṇas, one who has gone beyond his natural attributes, one who has completed with his root patterns is liberated.
INTRODUCTION
Kṛṣṇa explains the nature of one who has transcended the three guṇas, one who has gone beyond his natural attributes, one who has completed with his root patterns. He explains what we need to do to become a triguṇa rahita, to become liberated from the influence of the three guṇas. One who is beyond the three guṇas is unaffected by their play. He is beyond the play of emotions. Whatever happens is right for him. Success and failure mean the same. Friend and foe make no difference. Poverty or richness has no influence.
Such an attitude of
total detachment
requires one thing:
complete trust.
When we trust that
whatever happens is
what needs to
happen and we
accept whatever
happens as it arises,
we are totally
detached. Then
whatever happens
will be right. Such
trust can only come
from surrender.
