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mānāpamānayostulyastulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ . sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate
他尊荣与耻辱（mānāpamānayoḥ）平等，对朋友和敌人（mitrāripakṣayoḥ）一视同仁，放弃一切事业（sarvārambhaparityāgī）——这样的人被称为超越古纳（guṇātītaḥ）者。
He who is the same under honour and dishonour, who is eally disposed both towards the side of the friend and of the foe, who has renounced all enterprise,-he is said to have gone beyond the alities.
他在尊荣与耻辱中保持平衡的心态。他对朋友和敌人一视同仁。他不被二元对立的洪流所影响。他超越了古纳（Gunas），安住于他作为存在-知识-极乐绝对（Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute）的本质本性。他安住于自己的自我（Self）。他是一位古纳提塔（Gunatita，即超越自然古纳者），不受古纳（Gunas）作用的影响。他在变化中保持平等的视角，维持平静的平衡。他放弃一切可能带来可见或不可见果报的事业，但会做维持身体所需的基本行动。第23、24和25节中描述的古纳（Gunas）特征，如冷漠等，是获得解脱的途径。它们代表了你应有的理想。求道者应培养这些品质。但当一个人安住于自己的真实本性时，他便获得了自我（Self）的知识。这些属性构成了他本性的一部分，并作为标志表明他已超越了三古纳（Gunas）。主在以下经文中回答了阿周那（Arjuna）的第三个问题：“一个人如何超越三古纳（Gunas）？”
He keeps a balanced mind in honour and dishonour. He is the same to friend and foe. He is not affected by the dual throng. He has risen above the Gunas. He rests in his own essential nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute. He abids in his own Self. He is a Gunatita (one who has transcended the alities of Nature) who is not affected by the play of the alities. He keeps an even outlook amidst changes. He maintains a clam eilibrium.He abandons all actions that can bring visible or invisible fruits or results but he does actions that are necessary for the bare maintenance of his body. The alities described in verses 23? 24 and 25? such as indifference? etc.? are the means for attaining liberation. They represent the ideal that you should have before you. The aspirant should cultivate them. But one attains knowledge of the Self when he abides in his own true nature. These attributes form part and parcel of his nature and serve as marks to indicate that he has crossed beyond the three alities.The Lord gives in the following verse the answer to the third estion of Arjuna How does one go beyond the three alities