Chapter 14, Verse 21
अर्जुन उवाच कैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो। किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते।।14.21।।
arjuna uvāca kairliṃgaistrīnguṇānetānatīto bhavati prabho. kimācāraḥ kathaṃ caitāṃstrīnguṇānativartate৷৷14.21৷৷
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- अर्जुनः उवाच
- Arjuna said
- कैः
- by what
- लिङ्गैः
- signs/marks
- त्रीन्
- three
- गुणान्
- gunas/qualities
- एतान्
- these
- अतीतः
- transcended, gone beyond
- भवति
- becomes/is
- प्रभो
- O Lord
- किम्
- what
- आचारः
- conduct/behavior
- कथम्
- how
- च
- and
- एतान्
- these
- त्रीन्
- three
- गुणान्
- gunas/qualities
- अतिवर्तते
- transcends/goes beyond
Commentary
Arjuna said: 21. By what marks, O Lord, is h? known who has crossed beyond those three gunas ? What is his conduct, and how does he pass beyond those three guwas.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अर्जुनः उवाच
कैः
लिङ्गैः
त्रीन्
गुणान्
एतान्
अतीतः
भवति
प्रभो
किम्
आचारः
कथम्
च
एतान्
त्रीन्
गुणान्
अतिवर्तते
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