BG 14.19

नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति । गुणेभ्यश् च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ॥

nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati | guṇebhyaś ca paraṃ vetti mad-bhāvaṃ so'dhigacchati ||

"When the seer sees only guṇas as agents and knows what is beyond them — he attains My being."

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4 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources

Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)

[1]
When the seer beholds not an agent other than the guṇas and knows Him who is higher than the guṇas, he attains to My being.

Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)

[4]
When the seer beholds no agent other than the Gunas and knows That which is higher than the Gunas, he attains to My being.

K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)

[9]
When the seer perceives no agent other than the qualities, and knows that which is higher than the qualities, he obtains assimilation with me.

K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)

[13]
When the seer beholds no agent other than the qualities, and recognises something that is above the qualities — he attains to My Being.