Verse 14.20
गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् ।
जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते ॥
Transliteration
guṇānetānatītya trīndehī dehasamudbhavān |
janmamṛtyujarāduḥkhairvimukto'mṛtamaśnute ||
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3
Translation
The embodied one having crossed beyond these three Gunas out of which the body is evolved, is freed from birth, death, decay and pain, and attains to immortality.
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Going beyond these three qualities, from which the body arises, the embodied one is freed from birth, death, old age and sorrow, and attains immortality.
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08 · +1 more
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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08
Explanation
Krishna names the fruit of going beyond the qualities. The body itself arises from the three qualities, but the embodied self that transcends them is freed from birth, death, ageing and suffering, and tastes amṛta, immortality. This answers the list of sorrows that appeared in the previous chapter, where reflecting on birth, death, age and sickness was named part of knowledge. Here the release from them is promised. The verse also prompts Arjuna's next question: if one can go beyond the qualities, how would such a person be recognised?
By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08