{"chapter_id":14,"chapter_number":14,"chapter_title":"Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga","id":547,"verse_number":23,"verse_order":547,"text":"उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते।गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येव योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते।।14.23।।","transliteration":"udāsīna-vad āsīno guṇair yo na vichālyate\nguṇā vartanta ity evaṁ yo ’vatiṣhṭhati neṅgate\n","word_meanings":{"udāsīna-vat":"neutral","āsīnaḥ":"situated","guṇaiḥ":"to the modes of material nature","yaḥ":"who","na":"not","vichālyate":"are disturbed","guṇāḥ":"modes of material nature","vartante":"act","iti-evam":"knowing it in this way","avatiṣhṭhati":"established in the self","iṅgate":"wavering"},"translation":"He who sits like an unconcerned witness, undisturbed by the modes, knowing that only the gunas act, remains established and does not waver.","simple_meaning":"An enlightened person stays neutral and calm, realizing that material modes, not the true self, cause all worldly actions.","commentary":"The liberated soul perceives nature's gunas interacting with gunas, remaining detached as the eternal soul, immune to emotional and physical upheavals.","theme":"Transcendence of the three modes of material nature (gunatita).","life_application":"Practice detachment by viewing daily stresses and mental fluctuations as external phenomena rather than identifying personally with them."}