| 25. The same
in honour and disgrace, the same towards friends and enemies, abandoning
all undertakings, he is said to have crossed beyond the gunas.The same:
unaffected Though neutral from their own standpoint, some appear to others
as if they were on the side of friends or on the side of foes ; but this
man appears to be same to friends and foes. He renounces all actions, productive
of visible and invisible results, except those which are necessary for the
bare maintenance of the body. Devotion to the Lord leads to liberation.
The attributes described in xiv. 23, 24, 25. form a rule of conduct laid
down for the samnyasin who seeks moksha, so long as they are to be achieved
by effort ; but when they are firmly ingrained in his nature, as may be
perceived by himself, they form marks indicating that the devotee has risen
above the gunas The Lord proceeds next to answer the question How does one
pass beyond these three gunas? |
