Chapter 14 · Verse 20 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 14.20
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
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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