BG 16.22
एतैर्विमुक्तः कौन्तेय तमोद्वारैस्त्रिभिर्नरः ।
आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
आचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयस्ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
etair vimuktaḥ kaunteya tamo-dvārais tribhir naraḥ
ācaraty ātmanaḥ śreyas tato yāti parāṁ gatim
ācaraty ātmanaḥ śreyas tato yāti parāṁ gatim
Word-for-word meanings
kaunteya — O son of Kuntī; naraḥ — a person; vimuktaḥ — freed; etaiḥ — from these; tribhiḥ — three; tamaḥ-dvāraiḥ — gates to darkness; ācarati — acts; śreyaḥ — [for] the welfare; ātmanaḥ — of the self; tataḥ — [and] thereafter; yāti — attains; parām — the supreme; gatim — goal.
Translation
O son of Kuntī, a person freed from the influence of these three gates to darkness acts for the welfare of the self and thus attains the supreme goal.