BG 3.28
तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः
गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते
tattvavittu mahābāho
guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ
guṇā guṇeṣu vartanta
iti matvā na sajjate
SYNONYMS
tattvavit: he who knows the truth | tu: but | mahābāho: O mighty-armed one | guṇakarmavibhāgayoḥ: about the division of the Gunas and works | guṇāḥ: Gunas | guṇeṣu: on their products | vartante: operate | iti: that | matvā: through his knowledge | na: is not | sajjate: attached |
TRANSLATION
But he who knows the truth about the division of the Gunas and works, O mighty-armed one, through his knowledge that ‘Gunas operate on their products,’ is not attached.
PURPORT
But he who knows the truth about the divisions of the Gunas and their actions—namely, about the division among Sattva etc., on the one hand, and the divisions among their respective functionings on the other hand—it is he who, realising that Gunas, i.e., Sattva etc., are operating on their own products, is not attached to the actions of the Gunas, being convinced, ‘I am not the doer.’