BG 14.22-25
प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव ।
न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥
उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते ।
गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येवं योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥
समदुःखसुखः स्वस्थः समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः ।
तुल्यप्रियाप्रियो धीरस्तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिः ॥
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥
prakāśaṁ ca pravṛttiṁ ca moham eva ca pāṇḍava
na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati
udāsīna-vad āsīno guṇair yo na vicālyate
guṇā vartanta ity evaṁ yo ’vatiṣṭhati neṅgate
sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ sva-sthaḥ sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ
tulya-priyāpriyo dhīras tulya-nindātma-saṁstutiḥ
mānāpamānayos tulyas tulyo mitrāri-pakṣayoḥ
sarvārambha-parityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate
Word-for-word meanings
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Śrī Bhagavān replied; pāṇḍava — O son of Pāṇḍu; saḥ — a person; ucyate — is said; guṇa-atītaḥ — to have transcended the guṇas; na dveṣṭi — who is not averse; prakāśam ca — to the light of knowledge; ca — and; pravṛttim — to activity; ca — and; moham eva — even to delusion; sampravṛttāni — when they are present; na kāṅkṣati — nor hankers for them; nivṛttāni — when they have ceased; yaḥ — who; āsīnaḥ — remains [like a witness]; udāsīnavat — as if indifferent; na vicālyate — who is undisturbed; guṇaiḥ — by the guṇas; yaḥ — who; na iṅgate — does not waver; avatiṣṭhati — remaining firmly situated; iti evam — in this understanding; guṇāḥ — [that] the guṇas [alone]; vartante — are functioning; sama — who is equal; duḥkha — in distress; sukhaḥ — [and] happiness; sva-sthaḥ — who is situated in the self; sama — who regards as equal; loṣṭa — a clod of mud; aśma — a stone; kāñcanaḥ — [and] a piece of gold; tulya — who considers alike; priya — both the favorable; apriyaḥ — [and] the unfavorable; dhīraḥ — who is steady; tulya — remaining equally disposed; nindā — toward censure; ātma-saṁstutiḥ — [and] praise of himself; tulyaḥ — who is equal; māna — in honor; apamānayoḥ — [and] in dishonor; tulyaḥ — who regards alike; pakṣayoḥ — both the partisans; mitra — [of] friend; ari — [and] foe; parityāgī — [and] who is a renouncer; sarva — [of] all; ārambha — undertakings.
Translation
Śrī Bhagavān replied: O son of Pāṇḍu, a person is said to have transcended the guṇas of nature who is not averse to the light of knowledge, to activity, and even to delusion when they are present, nor hankers for them when they have ceased; who remains like a witness, as if indifferent, who is undisturbed by the guṇas of nature, and who is unwavering, remaining firmly situated in the understanding that the guṇas of nature alone are functioning; who is equal in happiness and distress, who is situated in the self, who regards as equal a clod of mud, a stone, and a piece of gold, who considers alike both favorable and unfavorable objects and situations, and who is steady, remaining equally disposed toward censure and praise; who is equal in honor and dishonor, who treats alike both friend and foe, and who has renounced all undertakings.