Bhagavad Gita · 14.20
॥
Devanāgarī
गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान् ।
जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān |
janma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto 'mṛtam aśnute ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
गुणान् एतान्guṇān etānthese guas.
अतीत्यatītyahaving transcended, having gone beyond.
त्रीन्trīnthree.
देहीdehīthe embodied soul.
देहसमुद्भवान्deha-samudbhavānthose that are born (samudbhavan) of the body (deha).
जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैःjanma-mṛtyu-jarā-duḥkhaiḥfrom the sufferings (duhkhaih) [that are] birth, death, and old age.
विमुक्तःvimuktaḥcompletely freed.
अमृतम्amṛtamimmortality, nectar.
अश्नुतेaśnutehe tastes.
Translation
“Having transcended these three guas, from which the material body arises, the embodied soul is freed from the sufferings of birth, death, and old age, and tastes the nectar of immortality.”
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