14.25

।।14.25।। --,मानापमानयोः तुल्यः समः निर्विकारः तुल्यः मित्रारिपक्षयोः? यद्यपि उदासीना भवन्ति केचित् स्वाभिप्रायेण? तथापि पराभिप्रायेण मित्रारिपक्षयोरिव भवन्ति इति तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः इत्याह। सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी? दृष्टादृष्टार्थानि कर्माणि आरभ्यन्ते इति आरम्भाः? सर्वान् आरम्भान् परित्यक्तुं शीलम् अस्य इति सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी? देहधारणमात्रनिमित्तव्यतिरेकेण सर्वकर्मपरित्यागी इत्यर्थः। गुणातीतः सः उच्यते।।उदासीनवत् (गीता 14।23) इत्यादि गुणातीतः स उच्यते (गीता 14।25) इत्येतदन्तम् उक्तं यावत् यत्नसाध्यं तावत् संन्यासिनः अनुष्ठेयं गुणातीतत्वसाधनं मुमुक्षोः स्थिरीभूतं तु स्वसंवेद्यं सत् गुणातीतस्य यतेः लक्षणं भवति इति। अधुना कथं च त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते इत्यस्य प्रश्नस्य प्रतिवचनम् आह --,

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14.24 - 14.25 He who is 'alike in pleasure and pain,' namely, whose mind is eal in pleasure and pain; 'who dwells in his self,' namely, who dwells in his self because his love for the self keeps his mind in eanimity in pleasure and pain arising from the birth, death etc., of his sons and other relatives and friends, and who, because of this, 'looks upon a clod, a stone and a piece of gold as of eal value,' who conseently remains the same towards things dear or hateful, i.e., who treats alike the worldly objects desired and undesired; who is 'intelligent,' namely, proficient in discrimination between the Prakrti and the self; who, therefore, regards blame and praise as alike, namely, who treats with eality praise and blame looking upon good and evil alities as born of identification with bodies such as those of men etc., and as such unconnected with his real self; who is the 'same in honour and dishonour' because these are feelings based on the misconception that the body is the self, and as a conseence of such discrimination between the body and the self, 'looks alike on friend and foe,' because he understands that ther is no connection between them and himself; and who has thus abandoned all entrprises in which embodied beings are involved - he who is like this, is said to have risen above the Gunas. Now Sri Krsna states the main method (technie) for transcending such Gunas:

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14.25 मानापमानयोः in honour and dishonour? तुल्यः the same? तुल्यः the same? मित्रारिपक्षयोः to friend and foe? सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी abandoning all undertakings? गुणातीतः crossed the Gunas? सः he? उच्यते is said.Commentary He keeps a balanced mind in honour and dishonour. He is the same to friend and foe. He is not affected by the dual throng. He has risen above the Gunas. He rests in his own essential nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute. He abids in his own Self. He is a Gunatita (one who has transcended the alities of Nature) who is not affected by the play of the alities. He keeps an even outlook amidst changes. He maintains a clam eilibrium.He abandons all actions that can bring visible or invisible fruits or results but he does actions that are necessary for the bare maintenance of his body. The alities described in verses 23? 24 and 25? such as indifference? etc.? are the means for attaining liberation. They represent the ideal that you should have before you. The aspirant should cultivate them. But one attains knowledge of the Self when he abides in his own true nature. These attributes form part and parcel of his nature and serve as marks to indicate that he has crossed beyond the three alities.The Lord gives in the following verse the answer to the third estion of Arjuna How does one go beyond the three alities

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