Chapter 7 - Verse 13

त्रिभिर्गुणमयैर्भावैरेभिः सर्वमिदं जगत् ।
मोहितं नाभिजानाति मामेभ्यः परमव्ययम् ॥ १३ ॥

tribhirguṇamayairbhāvairebhiḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat .
mohitaṃ nābhijānāti māmebhyaḥ paramavyayam .. 13 ..


Deluded by these three (sorts of) things composed of gunas, all this world knows not Me as distinct from them and immutable.
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All living beings are deluded by such things as love, hatred and attachment, which are all modifications of gunas.

Immutable: devoid of such changes as birth and the like, which pertain to all things in the world.

How then can one surmount this Divine Illusion (Māyā) of Viṣṇu made up of the three gunas?—Listen :