The Gita

Chapter 14 · Verse 25 of 27

The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas

गुणत्रयविभागयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

The one who remains equanimous in the face of honor and insult, treats friends and foes alike, initiates actions without attachment to outcomes and a sense of agency or doership, is said to have risen above the three Modes of Nature. (14:25)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।

सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते॥

Word-by-word

मान-अप-मानयोः तुल्यः, तुल्यः मित्र-अरि-पक्षयोः,

सर्व-आरम्भ-परि-त्यागी, गुण-अतीतः सः उच्यते।

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