Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.20
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.20 · 14 · Verse 20
Sanskrit Original
।।14.20।।अयं देही देहसमुद्भवान् देहाकारपरिणतप्रकृतिसमुद्भवान् एतान् सत्त्वादीन् त्रीन् गुणान् अतीत्य तेभ्यः च अन्यम्? ज्ञानैकाकारम् आत्मानम् पश्यन् जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैः विमुक्तः अमृतम् आत्मानम् अनुभवति एष मद्भाव इत्यर्थः।अथ गुणातीतस्य स्वरूपसूचनाचारप्रकारं गुणात्ययहेतुं च पृच्छन् अर्जुन उवाच --
14.20 The embodied self - 'crossing beyond these three Gunas,' the Sattva and the rest, which 'arise in the body,' i.e., spring from Prakrti transformed into the form of the body - perceives the self as different from the Gunas and as of the form of knowledge only. Released thus from birth, death, old age and sorrow, It experiences the immortal self. This is what is meant by My likeness. Arjuna now wants to know about the characteristics of one who has transcended the Gunas and the means of such transcendence: