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उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते।गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते।।14.23।।

udāsīna-vad āsīno guṇair yo na vichālyate guṇā vartanta ity evaṁ yo ’vatiṣhṭhati neṅgate

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 14, Verse 23
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
He who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the dualities, and who, knowing that the dualities are active, is self-centered and does not move.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: seated like one unconcerned, not moved by the qualities, knowing that only the qualities are active, remaining steady, unmoving, describes this non-reactive stance further, emphasizing a kind of settled watching rather than active suppression.

In life: managing a difficult mental state through active suppression tends to be exhausting and often backfires, while a more settled, watching stance toward the same state tends to be both easier to sustain and more effective.

Teaching: the next time you're trying to manage a difficult mental state, try shifting from active suppression to a more settled, watching stance instead, notice whether that shift itself reduces the exhaustion of the effort.

udāsīna-vatneutral
āsīnaḥsituated
guṇaiḥto the modes of material nature
yaḥwho
nanot
vichālyateare disturbed
guṇāḥmodes of material nature
vartanteact
iti-evamknowing it in this way
yaḥwho
avatiṣhṭhatiestablished in the self
nanot
iṅgatewavering

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
14.23 उदासीनवत् like one unconcerned? आसीनः seated? गुणैः by the Gunas? यः who? न not? विचाल्यते is moved? गुणाः the Gunas? वर्तन्ते operate? इति thus? एव even? यः who? अवतिष्ठति is selfcentred? न not? इङ्गते moves.Commentary He is seated as a neutral (one who inclines to neither party). He is free from likes and dislikes. He is entirely unconcerned whether the alities with their effects and the body come or go. He is like the spectator at a football or a cricket match or a drama. Just as the sky remains unconcerned when the wind blows? so also he remains ite unconcerned when the alities operate.He does not swerve from the path of Selfrealisation. He treads the path firmly. He thinks and feels The alities are modified into the body? senses and senseobjects. They act and react upon one another? remains unshaken by them. He abides in his own Self and stands firm like the mountain Meru. (Cf.III.28V.8to11)