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Chapter 14 · Verse 19 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 14.19

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Sanskrit

नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति।गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति।।14.19।।

Transliteration

nānyaṁ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṁ yadā draṣhṭānupaśhyati guṇebhyaśh cha paraṁ vetti mad-bhāvaṁ so ’dhigachchhati

Word by Word

na no
anyam other
guṇebhyaḥ of the guṇas
kartāram agents of action
yadā when
draṣhṭā the seer
anupaśhyati see
guṇebhyaḥ to the modes of nature
cha and
param transcendental
vetti know
mat-bhāvam my divine nature
saḥ they
adhigachchhati attain
Simplified Perspective

When the eye of wisdom opens, you see that the guṇas—nature's three qualities—move through all action like actors on a stage, while you remain the eternal witness untouched by their play. This is not intellectual knowledge but lived recognition: the seer knows himself as the consciousness that observes the dance of prakṛiti, and simultaneously recognizes that same consciousness as Krishna's own being.

In this moment of clear seeing, the separate self dissolves into divine nature, and you stop fighting against life's movements—you simply observe, trust, and act without the burden of ego.

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Bhagavad Gita 14.19 — BG 14.19

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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