Bhagavad Gita 3.28
तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः। गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते।।
tattva-vit tu mahā-bāho guṇa-karma-vibhāgayoḥ guṇā guṇeṣhu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tattva-vit | tattva-vit | the knower of the Truth |
| tu | tu | but |
| mahā-bāho | mahā-bāho | mighty-armed one |
| guṇa-karma | guṇa-karma | from guṇas and karma |
| vibhāgayoḥ | vibhāgayoḥ | distinguish |
| guṇāḥ | guṇāḥ | modes of material nature in the shape of the senses, mind, etc |
| guṇeṣhu | guṇeṣhu | modes of material nature in the shape of objects of perception |
| vartante | vartante | are engaged |
| iti | iti | thus |
| matvā | matvā | knowing |
| na | na | never |
| sajjate | sajjate | becomes attached |
But he who knows the Truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qualities and their functions, knowing that the Gunas, as senses, move amidst the Gunas, as the sense-objects, is not attached.
परन्तु हे महाबाहो ! गुण और कर्म के विभाग के सत्य (तत्त्व)को जानने वाला ज्ञानी पुरुष यह जानकर कि "गुण गुणों में बर्तते हैं" (कर्म में) आसक्त नहीं होता।।