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Bhagavad Gita 14.20

गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्।जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते।।

guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛityu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛitam aśhnute

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
guṇānguṇānthe three modes of material nature
etānetānthese
atītyaatītyatranscending
trīntrīnthree
dehīdehīthe embodied
dehadehabody
samudbhavānsamudbhavānproduced of
janmajanmabirth
mṛityumṛityudeath
jarājarāold age
duḥkhaiḥduḥkhaiḥmisery
vimuktaḥvimuktaḥfreed from
amṛitamamṛitamimmortality
aśhnuteaśhnuteattains

The embodied one, having crossed beyond these three Gunas from which the body is evolved, is freed from birth, death, decay, and pain, and attains immortality.

यह देही पुरुष शरीर की उत्पत्ति के कारणरूप तीनों गुणों से अतीत होकर जन्म, मृत्यु, जरा और दु:खों से विमुक्त हुआ अमृतत्व को प्राप्त होता है।।