Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 Verse 45
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 2 श्लोक 45

त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन।
निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान्।।2.45।।



English Translation - Swami Gambirananda
2.45 O Arjuna, the Vedas [Meaning only the portion dealing with rites and duties (karma-kanda).] have the three alities as their object. You become free from worldliness, free from the pairs of duality, ever-poised in the ality of sattva, without (desire for) acisition and protection, and self-collected.


English Translation - Swami Sivananda
2.45 The Vedas deal with the three attributes (of Nature); be thou above these three attributes. O Arjuna, free yourself from the pairs of opposites, and ever remain in the ality of Sattva (goodness), freed from (the thought of) acisition and preservation, and be established in the Self.


English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
2.45. The Vedas bind by means of the three Strands.  [Hence]  O Arjuna,  you must be free from the three Strands,  free from the pairs [of opposites];  be established in this eternal Being;  be free from [the idea of]  acisition and preservation; and be possessed of the Self.


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 2.45Traigunyavishayaa vedaa nistraigunyo bhavaarjuna;
Nirdwandwo nityasatwastho niryogakshema aatmavaan.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 2.45trai-guṇya—of the three modes of material nature; viṣhayāḥ—subject matter; vedāḥ—Vedic scriptures; nistrai-guṇyaḥ—above the three modes of material nature, transcendental; bhava—be; arjuna—Arjun; nirdvandvaḥ—free from dualities; nitya-sattva-sthaḥ—eternally fixed in truth; niryoga-kṣhemaḥ—unconcerned about gain and preservation; ātma-vān—situated in the self