The entire content of this mail is from Swami Adidevananda's translation of Ramanuja's Gita Bhashya and Swami Chidbhavananda's Bhagavad Gita, both published by Ramakrishna Mission
The definition of one who has trenscended the three gunas 21-27
1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 14 - Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 25
Mana apamanyoh tulyah tulyah mitra ari pakshayoh I
Sarva arambhah parityagi guna atitah sah uchyate II sloka 25
मान अपमानयोः तुल्यः तुल्यः मित्र अरि पक्षयोः I
सर्व आरम्भः परित्यागी गुण अतीतः सः उच्यते II
He who is the same in honour and dishonour, and the same to friend and foe, and has abandoned all undertakings - he is said to have risen above the gunas.
Honour and dishonour, friendship and enmity - dualities such as these exist for him who is bound by the gunas and for him who is ignorant. Because of the persistence of the jivahood, the engaging of oneself in personal undertakings becomes possible. But these limitations are not for him who has gone beyond the three gunas.
These three stanzas are in reply to the 2nd question of Arjuna. The answer to the 3rd question follows.
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