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Chapter 14 · Verse 20 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 14.20

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Sanskrit

गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्।जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते।।14.20।।

Transliteration

guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛityu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛitam aśhnute

Word by Word

guṇān the three modes of material nature
etān these
atītya transcending
trīn three
dehī the embodied
deha body
samudbhavān produced of
janma birth
mṛityu death
jarā old age
duḥkhaiḥ misery
vimuktaḥ freed from
amṛitam immortality
aśhnute attains
Simplified Perspective

When you transcend the three gunas—sattva, rajas, and tamas—you step out of the machinery of nature itself. This is not rejection of the world, but freedom within it: the embodied self recognizing it is not bound by birth, death, aging, or suffering.

In modern life, this means observing your reactions—your moods, compulsions, and patterns—without identifying as them, until one day you realize: I am the witness, not the wave.

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Bhagavad Gita 14.20 — BG 14.20

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