उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते | गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येवं योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ||१४-२३||
udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate . guṇā vartanta ityevaṃ yo.avatiṣṭhati neṅgate ||14-23||
Chapter 14 · Verse 23
Guna Traya Vibhaga Yoga
गुणत्रयविभागयोग
In plain words
He is seated as a neutral (one who inclines to neither party). He is free from likes and dislikes. He is entirely unconcerned whether the alities with their effects and the body come or go.
Translation
14.23 He who sits like one unconcerned, undisturbed by the Gunas; who knows, 'It is the Gunas that move,' and so rests unshaken;
Meaning
He is seated as a neutral (one who inclines to neither party). He is free from likes and dislikes. He is entirely unconcerned whether the alities with their effects and the body come or go. He is like the spectator at a football or a cricket match or a drama. Just as the sky remains unconcerned when the wind blows so also he remains ite unconcerned when the alities operate. He does not swerve from the path of Selfrealisation. He treads the path firmly. He thinks and feels The alities are modified into the body senses and senseobjects. They act and react upon one another remains unshaken by them. He abides in his own Self and stands firm like the mountain Meru. (Cf. III.28V.8to11)
Word by word
उदासीनवत् like one unconcerned आसीनः seated गुणैः by the Gunas यः who न not विचाल्यते is moved गुणाः the Gunas वर्तन्ते operate इति thus एव even यः who अवतिष्ठति is selfcentred न not इङ्गते moves.