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THE BHAGAVAD-GITA.
Arjuna said:
What are the marks of him who hath crossed over the three qualities[1], O Lord? How acteth he, and how doth he go beyond these three qualities[1]? (21)
श्रीभगवानुवाच ।
प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव ।
न द्वेष्टि संप्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति ॥ २२ ॥The Blessed Lord said:
He, O Pândava, who hateth not radiance, nor outgoing energy, nor even delusion, when present, nor longeth after them, absent; (22)
उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते ।
गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ॥ २३ ॥
He who, seated as a neutral, is unshaken by the qualities[1]; who, saying, "The qualities[1] revolve," standeth apart immovable. (23)
