Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.23
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 14.23 · 14 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
।।14.23।।उदासीनवद् आसीनः गुणव्यतिरिक्तात्मावलोकनतृप्त्या अन्यत्र उदासीनवद् आसीनः गुणैः द्वेषाकाङ्क्षाद्वारेण यो न विचाल्यते? गुणाः स्वेषु कार्येषु प्रकाशादिषु वर्तन्ते इति अनुसंधाय यः तूष्णीम् अवतिष्ठते? न इङ्गते न गुणकार्यानुगुणं चेष्टते।
14.23 He who sits like one 'unconcerned,' namely, whose satisfaction consists in the vision of the self as different from the Gunas and sits like one unconcerned about other things and is not therefore disturbed by the Gunas through hatred and longing and who remains iet, reflecting: 'The Gunas function in their effects like illumination etc., and so 'rests unshaken,' i.e, does not act in accordance with the effects of the Gunas.