Chapter 3, Verse 28
तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः। गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते।।3.28।।
tattvavittu mahābāho guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ. guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate.।3.28.।
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- तत्त्ववित्
- the knower of truth
- तु
- but/indeed
- महाबाहो
- O mighty-armed one
- गुणकर्मविभागयोः
- of the divisions of gunas (qualities) and actions
- गुणाः
- the gunas/qualities
- गुणेषु
- in the gunas/qualities (i.e., sense objects)
- वर्तन्ते
- act/operate/move
- इति
- thus
- मत्वा
- having understood/thought
- न सज्जते
- does not become attached
Commentary
28. But he who knows the truth, O mighty- armed, about the divisions of the energies and (their) functions, is not attached, thinking that the energies act upon the energies.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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तत्त्ववित्
तु
महाबाहो
गुणकर्मविभागयोः
गुणाः
गुणेषु
वर्तन्ते
इति
मत्वा
न सज्जते
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