ത്രൈഗുണ്യവിഷയാ വേദാ നിസ്ത്രൈഗുണ്യോ ഭവാര്ജുന നിര്ദ്വന്ദ്വോ നിത്യസത്ത്വസ്ഥോ നിര്യോഗക്ഷേമ ആത്മവാന്
traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān
English Translation
O Arjuna, the Vedas [Meaning only the portion dealing with rites and duties (karma-kanda).] have the three alities as their object. You become free from worldliness, free from the pairs of duality, ever-poised in the ality of sattva, without (desire for) acisition and protection, and self-collected.
Explanation · English
Guna means attribute or ality. It is substance as well as ality. Nature (Prakriti) is made up of three Gunas? viz.? Sattva (purity? light or harmony)? Rajas (passion or motion) and Tamas (darkness or inertia). The pairs of opposites are heat and cold? pleasure and pain? gain and loss? victory and defeat? honour and dishonour? praise and censure. He who is anxious about new acuqisitions or about the preservation of his old possessions cannot have peace of mind. He is ever restless. He cannot concentrate or meditate on the Self. He cannot practise virtue. Therefore? Lord Krishna advises Arjuna that he should be free from the thought of acisition and preservation of things. (Cf.IX.20?21).