Gita Verse 3.28

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 3, Verse 28

Sanskrit Verse

तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः।

गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते।।3.28।।

Transliteration

tattva-vit tu mahā-bāho guṇa-karma-vibhāgayoḥ

guṇā guṇeṣhu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate

Word meanings

tattva-vit—the knower of the Truth; tu—but; mahā-bāho—mighty-armed one; guṇa-karma—from guṇas and karma; vibhāgayoḥ—distinguish; guṇāḥ—modes of material nature in the shape of the senses, mind, etc; guṇeṣhu—modes of material nature in the shape of objects of perception; vartante—are engaged; iti—thus; matvā—knowing; na—never; sajjate—becomes attached

Swami Sivananda's translation

But he who knows the Truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qualities and their functions, knowing that the Gunas, as senses, move amidst the Gunas, as the sense-objects, is not attached.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 3