1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 14 - Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 20

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What is the benefit that befalls one who transcends the gunas

Transcending the Gunas is Mukti 19-20

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 14 - Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 20

Gunan etan ati itya treen dehi deha samudbhavan I

Janma mrutyu jara dukhaih vimuktah amrutam ashnute II sloka 20

गुणान एतान् अति इत्य त्रीन देहि देह समुद्भवान I 

जन्म मृत्यु जर दुखैः विमुक्तः अमृतं अश्नुते II श्लोक 20

The embodied one having crossed over these three gunas out of which the body is evolved, is freed from birth, death, decay and pain, and attains immortaity.

The jivatman resides in the body which is made of the three gunas; but his ideal is not to identify himself with his residence. Pain due to birth decay and death is to that jivatman only, who identifies himself with the body. A jivanmukta is he who is free from body consciousness even while dwelling in the body. Fixed as he is in the bliss of brahman, he has virtually transcended the three gunas. 

Body has its birth and death but the atman is free from these modifications. He is like the arecanut in its shell. When still tender this nut and its shell hold fast to each other; but when ripe the nut separates itself from the shell. In brahma gyana the body consciousness drops away.