Manapamanayos tulyas tulyo mitrari-pakshayoh, sarvarambha-parityagi gunatatita uchyate
One who treats honor and dishonor equally, who is equal toward friend and enemy, and who has renounced all material activities — such a person is said to have transcended the three gunas. Complete equanimity across all social and material distinctions defines the guna-transcendent state.
- •Equal treatment of honor and dishonor marks transcendence
- •Seeing friend and enemy alike is a sign of liberation
- •Renunciation of all material undertakings completes the picture