Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 420

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-13 Prakṛti-Puruṣa-vivek Yogaḥ

sarvendriya guṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriya vivarjitam | asaktaṃ sarva bhṛccaiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca || 15 || 15. Illuminating the functions of the senses while unconnected with the sense organs, detached and yet supporting all, free from the Gunas and yet experiencing the Gunas; Commentary ‘Illuminating the functions of the senses’ — means that the ātman is capable of experiencing the material world through the operating of the senses. ‘While unconnected with the sense organs’ — means the ātman [in its original state] is capable of knowing everything by itself, without the sense organs. It is 'detached' — namely, it is completely free in its essential nature, from attachment to the bodies of gods etc. [with which it becomes associated]. 'Yet supporting all' — yet it is capable of supporting all bodies, such as those of gods etc 'It is free from the Gunas' — that is, in its essential nature it is free from the three modes of material nature — Sattva (Harmony), Rajas (Activity) and Tamas (Inertia) and yet it is the 'experiencer of the Gunas' — It has the potential capacity to experience the three modes of material nature.