1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 14 - Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 27

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

Is Bhakti the only means to go beyond the gunas? The elucidation comes :

The definition of one who has trenscended the three gunas 21-27

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 14 - Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 27

Brahmanah hi pratishta aham amrutasya avyayasya cha I

Shashvatasya cha dharmasya sukhasya ekanti kasya cha II sloka 27

ब्राह्मणः हि प्रतिष्ट अहं अमृतस्य अव्ययस्य च I 
शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्य एकण्टि कस्य च ईई श्लोक 27

For I am the abode of Brahman, the Immortal, and the immutable, the eternal dharma and absolute bliss.

The term 'hi' denotes cause - "I, who am to be served with unswerving Bhakthi yoga, am the ground of the individual self, immortal and immutable and also of eternal dharma'; namely, surpassing eternal prosperity and perfect felicity, attained by the gyani - realising that Vasudeva is all (Bh Gi 7.19) - "I being of such a nature, devotion to Me helps the jiva to transcend the gunas", Although the expression 'eternal dharma' is indicative of the conduct to be observed - it means the goal to be observed; for what follows and what precedes it, denote the goal and not the conduct. The purport is this : It has been stated that seeking refuge with the Lord is the only means for transcending gunas and the attainment of self realisation, prosperity and the supreme being. Thus, seeking refuge in the lord with a single pointed mind is the only means for transcending the gunas and for the attainment of the state of Brahman through that. (Here, while some interpret prapatti as a limb of the unswerving path of Bhakthi yoga, others maintain that it is an independent path by itself)