Arjuna uvaca: Kair lingais trin gunan etan atito bhavati prabho, kim acharah katham chaitams trin gunan ativartate
Arjuna asks: What are the signs of one who has transcended the three gunas? What is their conduct, and how does one go beyond these gunas? Arjuna's question invites a practical description of the liberated person's characteristics and the method of transcendence.
- •Practical markers of transcendence are worth knowing
- •Both the signs and the method of transcendence are asked for
- •Arjuna models the ideal student by asking precisely the right question