Shloka 23
भीमसेननादः तथा प्रथमसंमर्दः
Bhīmasena’s Roar and the First Clash
उदासीनवदासीनोः गुणैयों न विचाल्यते । गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योडवतिष्ठति नेज़ते
udāsīnavad āsīno guṇair yo na vicālyate | guṇā vartanta ity eva yo 'vatiṣṭhati neṅgate ||
जो उदासीन के समान स्थित रहता है, जिसे गुण विचलित नहीं कर पाते, और जो यह जानकर कि ‘गुण ही गुणों में बरतते हैं’ अचल भाव से स्थित रहता है।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Stability comes from discerning that the changing forces of prakṛti (the guṇas) are what act and react; the wise person abides as a steady witness, not being inwardly shaken by those fluctuations.
In the midst of the Kurukṣetra teaching dialogue, Arjuna asks about the marks of one who has transcended the guṇas; this verse describes such a person’s unshakable, witness-like steadiness.