Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14, Verse 21
अर्जुन उवाच । कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो । किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते
arjuna uvāca | kairliṅgaistrīnguṇānetānatīto bhavati prabho | kimācāraḥ kathaṃ caitāṃstrīnguṇānativartate
Translation
By what marks, O Lord, is he known who has crossed beyond those three guṇas? What is his conduct, and how does he pass beyond those three guṇas?
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- kaiḥ
- (by) what
- liṅgaiḥ
- by marks
- trīn
- three
- guṇān
- qualities
- etān
- these
- atītaḥ
- crossed (beyond)
- bhavati
- becomes
- prabho
- O lord
- kimācāraḥ
- what conduct
- katham
- how
- ca
- and
- etān
- these
- trīn
- three
- guṇān
- qualities
- ativartate
- goes beyond
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Having been thus asked by Arjuna as to what are the characteristic marks of one who has crossed beyond the guṇas and as to the means of crossing the guṇas, the Lord proceeds to answer the two questions in the following verses.