Going Beyond

POWERFUL COGNITION

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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

Nithyananda dressed as Krishna inside peacock feather frame

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
guṇātītaḥ 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.