BG - 3.28

तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः। गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्त इति मत्वा न सज्जते।।3.28।।

tattva-vit tu mahā-bāho guṇa-karma-vibhāgayoḥ guṇā guṇeṣhu vartanta iti matvā na sajjate

• tattva-vit - the knower of the Truth
• tu - but
• mahā-bāho - mighty-armed one
• guṇa-karma - from guṇas and karma
• vibhāgayoḥ - distinguish
• guṇāḥ - modes of material nature in the shape of the senses, mind, etc
• guṇeṣhu - modes of material nature in the shape of objects of perception
• vartante - are engaged
• iti - thus
• matvā - knowing
• na - never
• sajjate - becomes attached

Translation

But he who knows the Truth, O mighty-armed Arjuna, about the divisions of the qualities and their functions, knowing that the Gunas, as senses, move amidst the Gunas, as the sense-objects, is not attached.

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