Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 14, verse 26
Krishna's answer to how one rises above the gunas: through unwavering devotion, which makes one fit to become one with Brahman.
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मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
māṃ ca yo'vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate |sa guṇānsamatītyaitānbrahmabhūyāya kalpate ||
One who serves me with unwavering devotion goes beyond these gunas and becomes fit to become one with Brahman.
जो अटल भक्तियोग से मेरी सेवा करता है, वह इन गुणों को पार करके ब्रह्म बनने के योग्य हो जाता है।
जो अढळ भक्तियोगाने माझी सेवा करतो, तो या गुणांना ओलांडून ब्रह्मरूप होण्यास पात्र होतो.
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मां च योऽव्यभिचारेण भक्तियोगेन सेवते ।स गुणान्समतीत्यैतान्ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
He is the same in honour and insult, the same to friend and enemy, and has let go of all self-driven undertakings. Such a person is said to have gone beyond the gunas.
14.27ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च ।
For I am the foundation of Brahman, of the immortal and imperishable, of eternal dharma, and of complete happiness.
The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas
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