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
至尊主說：般度之子啊，當光明、活動和迷惑出現時，他既不厭惡，當它們消失時，亦不渴望。
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.
這是對阿爾諸那第一個問題的回答。光明是悅性（Sattva）的結果，活動是變性（Rajas）的結果，迷惑是惰性（Tamas）的結果。一位解脫的聖者，當這些屬性出現時，既不厭惡它們，也不會因悅性顯現而驕傲自滿，不認為自己是個博學之人；當行動的衝動在體內覺醒或受到神聖召喚為世界團結（Lokasangraha）而工作時，他不會厭惡任何行動，事後也不會後悔，執行時亦無悔意，工作如同孩童玩耍；當惰性增加時，他也不會被迷惑所困。只有無明之人會認為「惰性進入了我，我被迷惑了，我受疏忽、遲鈍、懶惰和怠惰的影響」或「我現在受變性影響，被迫行動，這很痛苦，我已偏離了我的真性，這讓我非常痛苦」或「現在悅性在我身上佔主導，我執著於幸福和知識，我為我的學識和優越地位而驕傲」。然而，超越諸屬性的解脫聖者，當這些屬性出現時，並不會厭惡它們。一個悅性、變性或惰性之人會渴望那些最初顯現而後消失的光明、行動或惰性，但一位解脫的聖者或超越三屬性者，絕不會渴望這些已消失的狀態。這個標誌或特徵是一種內在的心靈狀態，無法被他人察覺或發現，只能由自己感受。若具備超視能力或直覺的內在之眼，則能直接洞察他人心中生起的渴望。
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