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traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna . nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān
阿爾諸那啊，吠陀經典（僅指涉及儀式與職責的部分）以三種屬性為其對象。你應當超越世俗，擺脫二元對立，恆常安住於悅性（Sattva）之中，無求得與保有之心，並安住於自性。
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.
Guna（古納）意指屬性或德性，它既是實質也是特質。自然（Prakriti）由三種Guna組成：悅性（Sattva，純淨、光明或和諧）、變性（Rajas，激情或動態）和惰性（Tamas，黑暗或怠惰）。二元對立的例子有冷熱、苦樂、得失、勝敗、榮辱、褒貶。那些為新獲取或保有舊有財物而焦慮的人，心靈無法平靜。他們永不安寧，無法專注或禪修於自性，也無法實踐美德。因此，克里希那主勸告阿爾諸那，他應當擺脫對事物獲取與保有的念頭。（參見《薄伽梵歌》第九章第20、21節）。
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).