Chapter 14 · Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - The Yoga of the Division of the Three GunasKrishna
Verse 19
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता अध्याय 14, श्लोक 19
Sanskrit Shloka (श्लोक)
नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति।
गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति॥१९॥
Transliteration
Na-Anyam Gunebhyah Kartaram Yada Drashta-Anupashyati.
Gunebhyash-Cha Param Vetti Mad-Bhavam So'dhigachchhati.
Word-by-Word Meaning (अन्वय)
न अन्यम्na anyamno other
गुणेभ्यःgunebhyahthan the Gunas
कर्तारम्kartaramdoer
यदाyadawhen
द्रष्टाdrashtathe seer
अनुपश्यतिanupashyatiperceives
गुणेभ्यःgunebhyahthan the Gunas
परम्paramhigher
वेत्तिvettiknows
मद्भावम्mad-bhavamMy nature
अधिगच्छतिadhigachchhatiattains
Hindi Translation (हिन्दी अर्थ)
जब द्रष्टा (साधक) गुणों के अतिरिक्त कोई कर्ता नहीं देखता और गुणों से परे तत्त्व को जान लेता है, तब वह मेरे स्वरूप को प्राप्त होता है।
English Translation
When the seer perceives no doer other than the Gunas and knows that which is higher than the Gunas, he attains My nature.
Commentary (टीका)
This is the pivotal verse for liberation. When one realizes that all actions are performed by the Gunas of Prakriti and that the Self is a mere witness beyond all qualities, one attains the divine nature of Krishna. This realization requires both intellectual discrimination and direct experiential insight that the true Self has never been a doer.