त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन | निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान्
traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna . nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān
阿周那啊，吠陀经（仅指涉及仪式和职责的部分）以三德为对象。你当超越世俗，摆脱二元对立，恒常安住于悦性，无所求亦无所护，并安住于自性。
O Arjuna, the Vedas [Meaning only the portion dealing with rites and duties (karma-kanda).] have the three alities as their object. You become free from worldliness, free from the pairs of duality, ever-poised in the ality of sattva, without (desire for) acisition and protection, and self-collected.
“德”（Guna）指属性或品质，是构成自然（Prakriti）的三种基本要素：悦性（Sattva，纯净、光明或和谐）、激性（Rajas，激情或运动）和惰性（Tamas，黑暗或惰性）。二元对立包括冷热、苦乐、得失、胜败、荣辱、褒贬等。那些担忧新得或旧有之物的人，心境永不安宁，无法专注于自性或修行，因此克里希那勋主劝告阿周那应摆脱对获取和保有事物的执着。
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).