Verse-22
Chapter 14 — Gunatreyavibhag Yoga
Verse 22
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
Shree Bhagavaanuvaacha
prakāśaṁ ch pravṛttim ch mohameva ch pândava
na dveşți sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāńkşati
🕉 English Translation
Sunn Arjun guna ateet aisa hai jo,
Prakash, pravritti, moh kuch bhi ho.
Lage inme toh dwesh ho na kabhi,
Hatne se karta na veh iccha hee.
📜 Translation
English
The Blessed Lord said:
The person who does abhor illumination, activity and delusion when it occurs nor longs for if when if ceases.
Here the matter being discussed does not pertain to the attributes but to the state beyond the three attributes. The issue is not of being just beyond one attribute but being beyond all three. That is why here, first of all, the effects of all three attributes have been related. The effect of satoguna have been related as that of illumination, of rajoguna activity and of tamoguna delusion! After describing the signs of those who have transcended the three attributes, the effects of the three attributes and then being uninvolved in them are discussed-
Till the body lasts these attributes will be associated in one way or the other with
the body. The illumination of virtues and good feelings will be there; sometimes there
may be an engagement in action; action cannot be abandoned in toto; can also not be
dropped totally, the Lord Himself incarnates and engages Himself in activities. Sometimes
with the intention of bodily rest, sloth and sleep will be there. It is true that the one
who has transcended the attributes has already risen above these; even then due to the
light of discernment, good deeds and good feelings will be generated; actions will take
place; body will also be given rest. Sleep and drowsiness will also be present. While
being beyond the qualities such a person is not averse to all such happenings; he also
does not get mentally agitated or perturbed while facing them and in their absence he
does not have the desire or longing for them either. In both the eventualities he keeps
himself uninvolved and unattached.
This very fact is clarified further-