त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन | निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान् ||२-४५||
traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna . nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān ||2-45||
Chapter 2 · Verse 45
Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग
In plain words
You are being urged to rise above the dualities of life, like pleasure and pain, and free yourself from maya, the illusion of the material world. Do not worry about acquiring or protecting worldly possessions. Instead, remain established in your true Self, untouched by the shifting qualities of nature that constantly pull you off balance.
Translation
2.45 The Vedas have the three Gunas for their sphere, O Arjuna. You must be free from the three Gunas and be free from the pairs of opposites. Abide in pure Sattva; never care to acire things and to protect what has been acired, but be established in the self.
Meaning
Guna means attribute or ality. It is substance as well as ality. Nature (Prakriti) is made up of three Gunas viz.. Sattva (purity light or harmony). Rajas (passion or motion) and Tamas (darkness or inertia). The pairs of opposites are heat and cold pleasure and pain gain and loss victory and defeat honour and dishonour praise and censure. He who is anxious about new acuqisitions or about the preservation of his old possessions cannot have peace of mind. He is ever restless. He cannot concentrate or meditate on the Self. He cannot practise virtue. Therefore. Lord Krishna advises Arjuna that he should be free from the thought of acisition and preservation of things. (Cf. IX.20 21).
Word by word
त्रैगुण्यविषयाः deal with the three attributes वेदाः the Vedas निस्त्रैगुण्यः without these three attributes भव be अर्जुन O Arjuna निर्द्वन्द्वः free from the pairs of opposites नित्यसत्त्वस्थः ever remaining in the Sattva (goodness) निर्योगक्षेमः free from (the thought of) acisition and preservation आत्मवान् established in the Self.