Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14, Verse 20

गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् । जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते

guṇānetānatītya trīndehī dehasamudbhavān | janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhairvimukto'mṛtamaśnute

Translation

Having crossed beyond these three guṇas, which are the source of the body, the embodied one is freed from birth, death, decay and pain, and attains the immortal.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

guṇān

the qualities

etān

these

atītya

having crossed beyond

trīn

three

dehī

the embodied

dehasamudbhavān

from the body, the origin, of whom, them

janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhaiḥ

of birth, and, of death, and, of old age, and, by (from) sorrows

vimuktaḥ

freed

amṛtam

immortality

aśnute

enjoys

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The wise man crosses, while still alive, beyond the three guṇas which constitute the upādhi of Māyā and the seed out of which the body is evolved. He is emancipated, while still alive, from birth, death, decay and pain, and attains to immortality: in this way he attains to My being.