Chapter XIV · Śloka 19
नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति ।
गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥
गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥
nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati |
guṇebhyaś ca paraṃ vetti mad-bhāvaṃ so 'dhigacchati ||
guṇebhyaś ca paraṃ vetti mad-bhāvaṃ so 'dhigacchati ||
When the seer perceives no other agent than the guṇas, and knows what is beyond the guṇas, he attains My own being.
Liberation begins with the perception that all action is the play of the guṇas on the guṇas, and the Self stands beyond as the immovable witness — such a one enters into the divine nature.