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TEXT 45 trai-gunya-visaya veda
SYNONYMS  trai-gunya--pertaining
to the three modes of material nature; visayah--on the subject matter;
vedah--Vedic
literatures; nistraigunyah--in a pure state of spiritual existence;
bhava--be; arjuna--O Arjuna; nirdvandvah--free from
the pains of opposites; nitya-sattva-sthah--ever remaining in sattva
(goodness); niryoga-ksemah--free from (the thought of) acquisition
and preservation; atma-van--established in the self.
TRANSLATION The Vedas
mainly deal with the subject of the three modes of material nature. Rise
above these modes, O Arjuna. Be transcendental to all of them. Be free
from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established
in the Self.
PURPORT All material
activities involve actions and reactions in the three modes of material
nature. They are meant for fruitive results, which cause bondage in the
material world. The Vedas deal mostly with fruitive activities to
gradually elevate the general public from the field of sense gratification
to a position on the transcendental plane. Arjuna, as a student and friend
of Lord Krsna, is advised to raise himself to the transcendental position
of Vedanta philosophy where, in the beginning, there is brahma-jijnasa,
or questions on the supreme transcendence. All the living entities who
are in the material world are struggling very hard for existence. For them
the Lord, after creation of the material world, gave the Vedic wisdom advising
how to live and get rid of the material entanglement. When the activities
for sense gratification, namely the karma-kanda chapter, are finished,
then the chance for spiritual realization is offered in the form of the
Upanisads,
which are part of different Vedas, as the Bhagavad-gita is
a part of the fifth Veda, namely the Mahabharata. The
Upanisads
mark the beginning of transcendental life.
As long
as the material body exists, there are actions and reactions in the material
modes. One has to learn tolerance in the face of dualities such as happiness
and distress, or cold and warmth, and by tolerating such dualities become
free from anxieties regarding gain and loss. This transcendental position
is achieved in full Krsna consciousness when one is fully dependent on
the good will of Krsna.
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