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Shloka 35

Guṇa-vibhāga: The Three Modes and the Path Beyond Them

सत्त्वं चाभिजयेद् युक्तो नैरपेक्ष्येण शान्तधी: । सम्पद्यते गुणैर्मुक्तो जीवो जीवं विहाय माम् ॥ ३५ ॥

sattvaṁ cābhijayed yukto nairapekṣyeṇa śānta-dhīḥ sampadyate guṇair mukto jīvo jīvaṁ vihāya mām

ထို့နောက် ဘက္တိယောဂ၌ တည်မြဲ၍ စိတ်ငြိမ်းသော ရဟန်းသည် ဂုဏ်တို့အပေါ် မလိုလားမုန်းတီးမရှိသော အလျော့အတင်းဖြင့် သတ္တဝါကိုပါ အနိုင်ယူရမည်။ ထိုအခါ ဂုဏ်မှလွတ်သော ဇီဝသည် ချုပ်နှောင်မှု၏ အကြောင်းရင်းကို စွန့်၍ ငါ့ထံ ရောက်သည်။

सत्त्वम्sattva (goodness)
सत्त्वम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
and
:
सम्बन्धसूचक (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
अभिजयेत्should conquer/overcome
अभिजयेत्:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + जि (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: जि (to conquer) उपसर्ग: अभि
युक्तःdisciplined
युक्तः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; अर्थ: संयोजित/समाहित (disciplined, engaged)
नैरपेक्ष्येणby non-dependence/indifference
नैरपेक्ष्येण:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootनैरपेक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrument)
शान्तधीःone of calm intellect
शान्तधीः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशान्त + धी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: शान्ता धीः यस्य सः = one whose intellect is calm
सम्पद्यतेattains/comes to be
सम्पद्यते:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + पद् (धातु)
Formलट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; अर्थ: भवति/प्राप्नोति (comes to be/attains)
गुणैःby the guṇas
गुणैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण/हेतु (instrument/cause)
मुक्तःfreed
मुक्तः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; अर्थ: विमुक्त (freed)
जीवःthe living being
जीवः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootजीव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
जीवम्(the) jīva/individuality
जीवम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootजीव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
विहायhaving abandoned
विहाय:
पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि + हा (धातु) → विहाय (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; अर्थ: त्यक्त्वा (having abandoned)
माम्Me
माम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

The word nairapekṣyeṇa refers to complete detachment from the modes of material nature. By attachment to the loving service of the Lord, which is completely transcendental, one gives up one’s interest in the modes of nature.

K
Krishna
U
Uddhava

FAQs

In 11.25.35, Kṛṣṇa teaches that even goodness must be surpassed: by peaceful yoga and complete detachment, one becomes free from all guṇas and attains the Lord.

In the Uddhava Gītā (Canto 11), Kṛṣṇa gives His final, intimate guidance to Uddhava on liberation—explaining how to go beyond material nature and reach Him directly.

Practice steady spiritual discipline (bhakti/yoga), reduce dependence on sense pleasure and ego-validation, and cultivate calm discernment—using goodness as a ladder, then letting go of all material identity to focus on God.