Bhagavad Gita Chapter 14 Verse 21
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 14 श्लोक 21

अर्जुन उवाच
कैर्लिंगैस्त्रीन्गुणानेतानतीतो भवति प्रभो।
किमाचारः कथं चैतांस्त्रीन्गुणानतिवर्तते।।14.21।।



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
14.21. Arjuna said  O Master !  with what characteristic marks does he, who has transcended these three Strands, exist ?  Of what behaviour is he ?  And, how does he pass beyond these three Strands ?


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
14.21 Kaih etc. But, if he has a body then how could he have transcended the Strands ?  He lives certainly in one way or other with some mental modification, which is necessarily one a among the three Strands, With this intention Arjuna raises the estion.									
 Now [by way of  giving] answer -


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 14.21Arjuna Uvaacha:
Kairlingais treen gunaanetaan ateeto bhavati prabho;
Kimaachaarah katham chaitaam streen gunaan ativartate.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 14.21arjunaḥ uvācha—Arjun inquired; kaiḥ—by what; liṅgaiḥ—symptoms; trīn—three; guṇān—modes of material nature; etān—these; atītaḥ—having transcended; bhavati—is; prabho—Lord; kim—what; āchāraḥ—conduct; katham—how; cha—and; etān—these; trīn—three; guṇān—modes of material nature; ativartate—transcend