Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 464

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-14 Guṇa-traya-vibhāg Yogaḥ

māṃ ca yo’vyabhicāreṇa bhakti yogena sevate | sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate || 26 || 26. And by serving Me with unswerving devotion, one transcends the Gunas, and becomes fit to attain the state of Brahman. Commentary The state of transcendence of Gunas is not attained merely by reflecting on the difference between the Prakrti and the ātman as declared in the text such as “When the enlightened one perceives no agent of action other than the Gunas” — for this perception is liable then, to be controverted by contrary subtle impressions (saṃskāras) which have accrued from beginingless time. One who, with unswerving one-pointed Loving Devotion, serves Krishna and takes refuge in Him transcends the Gunas which are otherwise insurmountable, and becomes worthy for the 'state of Brahman' (brahmabhūya) — the meaning is that one attains cognisance of the Self as it really is; immortal and immutable.