kair lińgais trīn guṇān etān
atīto bhavati prabho
kim-ācāraḥ kathaḿ caitāḿs
trīn guṇān ativartate
Translation
Arjuna inquired: O my dear Lord, by which symptoms is one known who is transcendental to these three modes? What is his behavior? And how does he transcend the modes of nature?