The Bhagavad Gita by Eknath Easwaran

The Forces of Evolution ╯
play are external – even the emotions and thoughts that seem
so personal, so interior, are really only the play of prakriti.
Thoughts and emotions, and ahamkara itself, stop at the gate
of the inner Self. The Self abides in the inner chamber of the
heart, always at peace, whatever forces of prakriti may storm
outside. The illumined man or woman maintains a joyful
evenness of mind in happiness and sorrow.
At the end of the chapter, again reminding him of the
power of devotion ( bhakti ), Krishna says that Arjuna can
transcend the gunas through steadfast love. If he has devotion
and has gone beyond the three gunas, then he will be fit
to know Brahman.
– d.m.
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