Srimad Bhagavadgita-Rahasya OR Karma-Yoga-Sastra -Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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CHAPTER 14
Description:-[This is the reply to the two questions : (i) what are the characteristics and (ii) the conduct of the person, who is a 'trigunatita' (that is, who has transcended the three constituents) ? These characteristics are. the same as those of the Steady-in-Reason[1] described in Chapter II, and of the Devotee[2] described in Chapter XII. Nay, some of the adjectives[3] are the same in two of the three or even in all the three places. From this it becomes clear, that whichever path, out of the four paths mentioned in the last chapter[4], is followed, the characteristics and the conduct of the man, who has reached Perfection[5], are the same in all paths. Nevertheless, as the doctrine firmly established in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and other chapters, namely, that ' no one can escape the performance of Desireless Action ', remains unaffected throughout, one must remember that all these persons, whether called 'stithaprajna' or 'bhagavad-bhakta' or 'trigunatita', all belong to the Path of Karma-Yoga. The reader is referred to the explanation of the word 'sarvarambha-parityagi ' given in the commentary on[6] Commentators subscribing to the Path of Renunciation imagine that these descriptions of the person, who has reached the State of Perfection[7] are independent of each other ; and maintain that the Gita supports. their own doctrine. But, I have explained at great length in Chapters XI and XII of the Gita-Rahasya, that such an interpretation is inconsistent with the anterior and posterior contexts, and not the correct interpretation[8]. To proceed : the Blessed Lord has thus answered the two questions of Arjuna. He now gives the answer to the question, how such persons transcend the three constituents-]
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