gunan etan atitya trin dehi deha-samudbhavan। janma-mrityu-jara-duhkhair vimukto ’mrtam asnute॥ 14.20 ॥

Sri Krishna said: O Arjuna, When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes associated with the material body, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life.

Arjuna Uvacha।

kair lingais trin gunan etan atito bhavati prabho। kim acharah katham chaitams trin gunan ativartate॥ 14.21 ॥

Arjuna asked: O Lord Krishna, by which symptoms is one known who is transcendental to these three modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?

Sri Bhagavan Uvacha।

prakasam cha pravrttim cha moham eva cha pandava। na dvesti sampravrttani na nivrttani kanksati॥ 14.22 ॥

Sri Bhagavan said: O Arjuna, he who does not hate illumination, attachment and delusion when they are present or long for them when they disappear.

udasina-vad asino gunair yo na vichalyate। guna vartanta ity evam yo ’vatishthati nengate॥ 14.23 ॥

Who is unwavering and undisturbed through all these reactions of the material qualities, remaining neutral and transcendental, knowing that the modes alone are active;