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|| Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya | Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya | Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya | Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya ||
Chapter 14 -- Verse 22-25
Verse: śrībhagavānuvāca | prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava | ta dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati || udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate | guṇā vartanta ityeva yoஉvatiṣṭhati neṅgate || samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ| tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ || mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ| sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate ||
श्रीभगवानुवाच । प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव । त द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥ उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योஉवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥ समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः । तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः॥ मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः । सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥
Translation: The Blessed Lord said: Light, activity, and delusion, when present, O Pandava, he hates not, nor longs for them when absent. Seated like one unconcerned, he is not moved by the 'GUNAS, ' who, knowing that the 'GUNAS' operate, is self-centred and swerves not. He is alike in pleasure and pain; dwells in the Self; for him a clod of earth, a precious stone and gold are alike; the dear and the not-dear are the same; remaining firm, he is same in censure and self-praise, honour and dishonour; treats alike a friend and foe; abandoning all fruitive undertakings --- such a man is said to have crossed beyond the GUNAS.
