One who sits as if unconcerned, who is not disturbed by the guṇas, who remains steady knowing that the guṇas alone are acting — who does not waver—

The guṇātīta is described as udāsīnavad — sitting as if neutral, as if uninvested. Not actually indifferent to the world, but inhabiting a position of inner non-reactivity. They are not disturbed (na vicālyate) by the play of the guṇas, and they remain anchored in the knowledge: "the guṇas alone are acting" (guṇā vartante iti). This knowing — that it is Prakriti doing everything through the body-mind, while the true Self merely witnesses — is not a philosophical position they temporarily adopt. It is a constant, lived reality from which they do not waver (na iṅgate).