त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन ।निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् ॥
traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna |nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān ||
- त्रैगुण्यविषयाः · traiguṇyaviṣayāḥ
- dealing with the three gunas
- वेदाः · vedāḥ
- the Vedas
- निस्त्रैगुण्यः · nistraiguṇyaḥ
- beyond the three gunas
- भव · bhava
- be, become
- अर्जुन · arjuna
- O Arjuna
- निर्द्वन्द्वः · nirdvandvaḥ
- free from the pairs of opposites
- नित्यसत्त्वस्थः · nityasattvasthaḥ
- ever established in purity, in the real
- निर्योगक्षेमः · niryogakṣemaḥ
- free from care for gain and keep
- आत्मवान् · ātmavān
- possessed of the self, self-mastered
“The Vedas deal with the three gunas — be beyond them, O Arjuna. Free from opposites, ever established in the real, free from gain and keep, master of yourself.”
— Original plain-language translation
Four disciplines in one line: transcend the gunas, transcend opposites, abide in sattva, drop acquisition-and-anxiety (yoga-kṣema). 'Be beyond the Vedas' does not discard them — it graduates past using scripture as a shopping list.
— Reader's notes (original)