2.45 Rise above the three Krishna speaks
त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन
निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान्
trai-guṇya-viṣhayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna
nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-kṣhema ātmavān
The scriptures deal with the three strands of nature. Rise above them, Arjuna: free of opposites, steady in what is true, without acquiring, established in yourself.
Explanation
Rise above the three.
The scriptures deal with the three strands of nature — go past them. Free of opposites, steady in what is true, without acquiring.
It is chapter 14's whole conclusion stated in one line, twelve chapters early. And nirdvandvaḥ, free of the pairs, is the condition every later portrait of the free person repeats.
Word by word
- trai-guṇya
- of the three modes of material nature
- viṣhayāḥ
- subject matter
- vedāḥ
- Vedic scriptures
- nistrai-guṇyaḥ
- above the three modes of material nature, transcendental
- bhava
- be
- arjuna
- Arjun
- nirdvandvaḥ
- free from dualities
- nitya-sattva-sthaḥ
- eternally fixed in truth
- niryoga-kṣhemaḥ
- unconcerned about gain and preservation
- ātma-vān
- situated in the self
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