श्रीभगवानुवाच | प्रकाशं च प्रवृत्तिं च मोहमेव च पाण्डव | न द्वेष्टि सम्प्रवृत्तानि न निवृत्तानि काङ्क्षति
śrībhagavānuvāca . prakāśaṃ ca pravṛttiṃ ca mohameva ca pāṇḍava . na dveṣṭi sampravṛttāni na nivṛttāni kāṅkṣati
Le Bienheureux Seigneur dit : « Ô fils de Pandu, il ne déteste ni l'illumination (la connaissance), ni l'activité, ni l'illusion quand elles se manifestent, et il ne les désire pas non plus quand elles disparaissent. »
The Blessed Lord said O son of Pandu, he neither dislikes illumination (knowledge), activity and delusion when they appear, nor does he long for them when they disappear.
C'est la réponse à la première question d'Arjuna. La lumière est l'effet du sattva, l'activité du rajas, et l'illusion du tamas. Le sage libéré ne les déteste pas quand elles sont présentes. Quand le sattva brille, il n'est pas emporté par l'orgueil. Quand l'impulsion à l'action est éveillée ou qu'il y a un appel divin à œuvrer pour le bien du monde (Lokasangraha), il n'éprouve ni haine ni regret après l'action, la considérant comme un jeu d'enfant. Quand l'inertie augmente, il n'est pas égaré par l'infatuation. Seul un ignorant pense : « Le tamas m'a envahi, je suis sous l'influence de l'inattention, de la torpeur. » Le sage libéré ne hait pas ces états quand ils sont présents et ne les désire pas quand ils ont disparu. Cette caractéristique est un état mental interne, perceptible uniquement par soi-même. Dans les trois versets suivants, le Seigneur répond à la deuxième question d'Arjuna : « Quelle est la conduite du sage qui a transcendé les gunas ? »
This is the answer to Arjunas first estion. Light is the effect of Sattva? activity of Rajas and delusion of Tamas. The liberated sage does not hate them when they are present. When Sattva shines he is not carried away by pride. He does not think? I am a vey learned man. When the impulse for action is awakened in the body or when there is a divine call for him to do work for the solidarity of the world (Lokasangraha) he does not hate any action and he does not regret it after the action is accomplished. He feels no remorse while performing actions. The work is like the play of a child. While inertia increases in him? he is not deluded by infatuation.Only an ignorant man thinks Tamas has entered into me. I am deluded. I am under the influence of heedlessness? torpor? sloth? laziness and indolence. Now I am under the influence of Rajas. I am forced to do activities. This is painful. I have fallen from my true nature. This gives me a lot of pain. Now Sattva predominates in me. I am attached to happiness and knowledge. I am proud of my learning and better status.The liberated sage who has transcended the Gunas does not thus hate them when they are present.A man of Sattva or Rajas or Tamas longs for light? action or inertia which first manifested themselves and disappeared. But a liberated sage or one who has gone beyond the three alities does not at all long for these states which have vanished. This mark or characteristic is an internal mental state. It cannot be perceived or detected by others. It can be felt by ones own self alone. If one is endowed with clairvoyant vision or the inner eye of intuition? he can directly behold the longins that arise in the mind of another man.In the following three verses the Lord gives His answer to Arjunas second estion What is the conduct of the sage who has crossed over the Gunas