arjuna uvÄcha kair liá¹…gais trÄ«n guṇÄn etÄn atÄ«to bhavati prabho kim ÄchÄraḥ kathaá¹ chaitÄá¹s trÄ«n guṇÄn ativartate [21]

arjunaḥ uvÄcha–Arjuna said: (he) prabho–O Lord; kaiḥ liá¹…gaiḥ–by what symptoms; bhavati (jñeyaḥ)–can be known; atÄ«taḥ–a person who has transcended; etÄn–these; trÄ«n–three; guṇÄn–modes? kim ÄchÄraḥ–How does he behave? katham cha–and how; ativartate–does he transcend; etÄn–these; trÄ«n guṇÄn–three modes? [21]


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Arjuna said: O Lord, what are the symptoms of a person transcendental to these three modes of material nature? How does he behave, and how does he transcend the modes?

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