guṇāḥ

तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः

guṇa-karma — from guṇas and karma

One who knows the truth about the strands and their workings, mighty-armed one — knowing that it is the strands acting upon the strands — is not caught.

सत्त्वं रजस्तम इति गुणाः प्रकृतिसंभवाः

guṇāḥ — modes

Clarity, restlessness and inertia — these strands, born of nature, bind the imperishable embodied one to the body.

उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते

guṇaiḥ — to the modes of material nature

who sits as if indifferent, unmoved by the strands, thinking “the strands are working”, and does not stir;