sarvAramba parithyagi

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Hare krishna, namaskarams

 

Gita ch.14-sloka25: This sloka along with the two previous slokas are

the answer given by the Lord to Arjuna's question on how does a Gnani

conduct himself and transcend the three gunas.

 

Swami Chitbhavanada translates " sarvArmba parithyagi " as renounciation

of kAmya karmAs in his book on Gita

 

Following is the edited version of Swami Paramarthananda's explanation

of these three slokas from his Gita class -given just for info.

 

Even the gnani's mind fluctuates though predominantly sattvic, there

are times when rajas and tamas influences the fluctuation. But a

person who has gone above all the gunas is not affected by the

fluctuation. The desires and ambition of such a person is for loka-

kshemArthA and does not get affected by the success and failures. He

is able to accept all the effects of gunas of all others in the world

knowing that all such differences are due to gunas only. He does not

react and remains as though indifferent and does what is to be done.

A gnani cannot escape the experiences due to prarabda which is a

mystery and unpredictable but he reacts remaining in equanimity all

the time. He looks at gold and mud alike. He is impartial to both an

enemy and a friend , remains unperturbed when praised or insulted.

Wisdom cannot change our experiences, people,family, world etc.but

wisdom controls the reactions both in pain and pleasure. A Gnani is

compared to a candle that burns itself out while giving light all the

time.

 

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