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The Three Modes of Nature
गुणानेतानतीत्य त्रीन्देही देहसमुद्भवान्।जन्ममृत्युजरादुःखैर्विमुक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते
guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛityu-jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛitam aśhnute
When the soul transcends the Qualities, which are the real cause of physical existence, then, freed from birth and death, from old age and misery, he drinks the nectar of immortality.
guṇān—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
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