नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति ।गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥
nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati |guṇebhyaś ca paraṃ vetti madbhāvaṃ so 'dhigacchati ||
- न · na
- not
- अन्यम् · anyam
- other, anything else
- गुणेभ्यः · guṇebhyaḥ
- than the strands (gunas)
- कर्तारम् · kartāram
- the doer, agent
- यदा · yadā
- when
- द्रष्टा · draṣṭā
- the seer, witness
- अनुपश्यति · anupaśyati
- clearly sees
- परम् · param
- beyond, higher
- वेत्ति · vetti
- knows
- मद्भावम् · madbhāvam
- my being, oneness with me
- सः · saḥ
- he
- अधिगच्छति · adhigacchati
- attains
“When the seer perceives no doer apart from the strands, and knows what lies beyond them, he attains oneness with my being.”
— Original plain-language translation
The turning point of the chapter: liberation is seeing that all doing belongs to nature while the self merely witnesses. This echoes 3.27–3.28, where the deluded ego claims agency. The second half of the insight — knowing the One beyond the strands — keeps this from ending in mere detachment.
— Reader's notes (original)