Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 Verse 20
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 14 श्लोक 20

गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्।
जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते।।14.20।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
14.20. Transcending these three Strands, of which the body  [etc.] is born, the Embodied (the Soul), being freed from birth, death, old age and sorrow, attains immortality.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
14.16-20 Karmanah etc. upto asnute.  Here, there are certain unconnected verses that have been concocted.  They are of the nature of repetition, and hence they have to be necessarily rejected.  A mode of life transcending these Strands turn to be nothing but emancipation.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 14.20Gunaanetaanateetya treen dehee dehasamudbhavaan;
Janmamrityujaraaduhkhair vimukto’mritamashnute.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 14.20guṇān—the three modes of material nature; etān—these; atītya—transcending; trīn—three; dehī—the embodied; deha—body; samudbhavān—produced of; janma—birth; mṛityu—death; jarā—old age; duḥkhaiḥ—misery; vimuktaḥ—freed from; amṛitam—immortality; aśhnute—attains