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Bhagavad Gita 14.23

उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते | गुणा वर्तन्त इत्येवं योऽवतिष्ठति नेङ्गते ||१४-२३||

udāsīnavadāsīno guṇairyo na vicālyate . guṇā vartanta ityevaṃ yo.avatiṣṭhati neṅgate ||14-23||

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Chapter 14 — The three gunas that bind the soul.

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Swami SivanandaEnglish

14.23 He who, seated like one unconcerned, is not moved by the alities, and who, knowing that the alities are active, is self-centred and moves not.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaEnglish

Just as the wind carries scents from various objects, so does the embodied soul carry the mind's qualities—though he remains detached, unaffected, just as a gust of wind doesn’t affect the sky.