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TEXT 21 arjuna uvaca
SYNONYMS  arjunah uvaca--Arjuna
said; kaih--by which; lingaih--symptoms; trin--three;
gunan--qualities; etan--all this; atitah--having transcended;
bhavati--become; prabho--my Lord; kim--what; acarah--behavior;
katham--what; ca--also; etan--these; trin--three;
gunan--qualities; ativartate--transcend.
TRANSLATION Arjuna inquired:
O my Lord, by what symptoms is one known who is transcendental to those
modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?
PURPORT In this verse,
Arjuna's questions are very appropriate. He wants to know the symptoms
of a person who has already transcended the material modes. He first inquires
of the symptoms of such a transcendental person. How can one understand
that he has already transcended the influence of the modes of material
nature? The second question asks how he lives and what his activities are.
Are they regulated or nonregulated? Then Arjuna inquires of the means by
which he can attain the transcendental nature. That is very important.
Unless one knows the direct means by which one can be situated always transcendentally,
there is no possibility of showing the symptoms. So all these questions
put by Arjuna are very important, and the Lord answers them.
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