कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो |
किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते ||१४-२१||
arjuna uvāca . kairliṅgaistrīnguṇānetānatīto bhavati prabho . kimācāraḥ kathaṃ caitāṃstrīnguṇānativartate ||14-21||
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Translations & Commentary
4 curated sources available for this verse.
English Translation by Swami Gambirananda
English Translation
14.21 Arjuna said O Lord, by what signs is one (known) who has gone beyond these three alities? What is his behaviour, and how does he transcend these three alities?
English Translation by Swami Adidevananda
English Translation
14.21 Arjuna said What are the marks of a man who has crossed beyond the three Gunas? What is his behaviour? And how does he cross beyond the three Gunas?
Hindi Translation + Commentary by Swami Ramsukhdas
Hindi Translation
।।14.21।।अर्जुन बोले -- हे प्रभो ! इन तीनों गुणोंसे अतीत हुआ मनुष्य किन लक्षणोंसे युक्त होता है? उसके आचरण कैसे होते हैं? और इन तीनों गुणोंका अतिक्रमण कैसे किया जा सकता है?
Hindi Commentary
।।14.21।। व्याख्या -- कैर्लिङ्गैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो -- हे प्रभो मैं यह जानना चाहता हूँ कि जो गुणोंका अतिक्रमण कर चुका है? ऐसे मनुष्यके क्या लक्षण होते हैं तात्पर्य है कि संसारी मनुष्यकी अपेक्षा गुणातीत मनुष्यमें ऐसी कौनसी विलक्षणता आ जाती है? जिससे साधारण व्यक्ति समझ ले कि यह गुणातीत पुरुष हैकिमाचारः -- उस गुणातीत मनुष्यके आचरण कैसे होते हैं अर्थात् साधारण आदमीकी जैसी दिनचर्या और रात्रिचर्या होती है? गुणातीत मनुष्यकी वैसी ही दिनचर्यारात्रिचर्या होती है या उससे विलक्षण होती है साधारण आदमीके जैसे आचरण होते हैं जैसा खानपान? रहनसहन? सोनाजागना होता है? गुणातीत मनुष्यके आचरण? खानपान आदि भी वैसे ही होते हैं या कुछ विलक्षण होते हैंकथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते -- इन तीनों गुणोंका अतिक्रमण करनेका क्या उपाय है अर्थात् कौनसा साधन करनेसे मनुष्य गुणातीत हो सकता है सम्बन्ध -- अर्जुनके प्रश्नोंसे पहले प्रश्नके उत्तरमें भगवान् आगेके दो श्लोकोंमें गुणातीत मनुष्यके लक्षणोंका वर्णन करते हैं।
English Translation + Commentary by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
English Translation
Arjuna inquired: O my dear Lord, by which symptoms is one known who is transcendental to these three modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?
English Commentary
In this verse, Arjuna’s questions are very appropriate. He wants to know the symptoms of a person who has already transcended the material modes. He first inquires of the symptoms of such a transcendental person. How can one understand that he has already transcended the influence of the modes of material nature? The second question asks how he lives and what his activities are. Are they regulated or nonregulated? Then Arjuna inquires of the means by which he can attain the transcendental nature. That is very important. Unless one knows the direct means by which one can be situated always transcendentally, there is no possibility of showing the symptoms. So all these questions put by Arjuna are very important, and the Lord answers them.