BG 14.20

गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् ।
जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते ॥
guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān
janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛtam aśnute

Word-for-word meanings

atītya — having transcended;  etān — these;  trīn — three;  guṇān — guṇas;  samudbhavān — which are the source of production;  deha — [of] the body;  dehī — the embodied being;  vimuktaḥ — is freed;  janma — [from] birth;  mṛtyu — death;  jarā — old age;  duḥkhaiḥ — [and] miseries;  aśnute — [and] attains;  amṛtam — liberation.

Translation

Having transcended these three guṇas of nature, which are the source of production of the body, the embodied being is freed from birth, death, old age, and all types of miseries, and attains liberation.

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