Bhagavad Gita 14.22-25

Sanskrit

प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव । न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥14.22॥उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येवं योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥14.23॥समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः । तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ॥14.24॥मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः । सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥14.25॥

Transliteration

prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava | na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati ‖14.22‖ udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate | guṇā vartanta ityevaṃ yo'vatiṣṭhati neṅgate ‖14.23‖ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ svasthaḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ | tulyapriyāpriyo dhīrastulyanindātmasaṃstutiḥ ‖14.24‖ mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ | sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate ‖14.25‖

Meaning

“The Blessed Lord said: One who hates not illumination, activity, and delusion when present, nor longs for them when absent; who, seated as one indifferent, is not shaken by the gunas, who stands firm knowing ‘the gunas alone operate’; alike in pleasure and pain, self-abiding, regarding a clod, a stone, and gold as the same, equal toward the dear and the undear, steadfast, equal to blame and praise of oneself; the same in honour and dishonour, the same to friend and foe, abandoning all undertakings, such a one is said to have transcended the gunas.”

Theme: The Three Gunas

This verse is part of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga , read all verses in this chapter.

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