Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 20
Chapter 14
Verse 21 of 27
Verse 22
Verse 14.21
अर्जुन उवाच कैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो। किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते ॥14.21॥
14.21 arjuna uvāca kair liṅgais trīn guṇān etān atīto bhavati prabho kimācāraḥ kathaṃ caitāṃs trīn guṇān ativartate
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Arjuna said: By what marks is he who has transcended, these three qualities (guṇān), O Lord (Prabhu)? What is his conduct, and how, does he pass beyond these three qualities?

Stoller MillerLiterary

Lord, what signs mark a man who passes beyond the three qualities? What does he do to cross beyond these qualities?

ZaehnerJesuit

Arjuna said: (21) What signs, Lord, mark him out,—[this man] who has transcended these three constituents? How does he behave? And how does he step out beyond these three constituents?

GambhiranandaAdvaita

14.21 Arjuna said -- O Lord, by what signs is one (known) who has gone beyond these three qualities? What is his behavior, and how does he transcend these three qualities?

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

14.21 Arjuna said -- What are the marks of a man who has crossed beyond the three Guṇas? What is his behavior? And how does he cross beyond the three Guṇas?

SivanandaVedanta

14.21 Arjuna said -- What are the marks of him who has transcended the three qualities, O Lord? What is his conduct and how does he go beyond these three qualities?

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 20
Chapter 14
Verse 21 of 27
Verse 22