Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 458

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-14 Guṇa-traya-vibhāg Yogaḥ

nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati | guṇebhyaśca paraṃ vetti madbhāvaṃ so’dhigacchati || 19 || 19. When the enlightened one perceives no agent of action other than the Gunas, and knows that which transcends the Gunas, then one attains to My state. Commentary The enlightened one first has to completely repress the states of Rajas and Tamas and remain in a state of pure Sattva through consuming Sattvic food and performing selfless actions as service alone. The Self, essentially immaculate, acquires agency in respect of various actions, by its involvement with the Gunas — a condition arising from past Karmas. When one perceives that the Self in its essential state is not actually an agent but consists of infinite consciousness, one then attains similitude to Krishna.