Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13, Verse 15

सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् | असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ||

sarva-indriya-guṇa-ābhāsaṁ sarva-indriya-vivarjitam asaktaṁ sarva-bhṛc caiva nirguṇaṁ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca

It appears as the qualities of all senses, yet it is without all senses. It is unattached, yet sustains all. It is without qualities, yet it experiences qualities.

Krishna describes the paradoxical nature of the Supreme—it appears to be what it's not. 'Sarva-indriya-guṇa-ābhāsam'—it appears as the qualities of all senses. The Supreme appears as the field's qualities, but it's not the field. 'Sarva-indriya-vivarjitam'—yet it is without all senses. The Supreme is beyond the senses—it's the knower of the senses, not the senses themselves. 'Asaktaṁ sarva-bhṛc'—unattached, yet sustains all. The Supreme is not attached to the field, yet it sustains it. 'Nirguṇaṁ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca'—without qualities, yet experiences qualities. The Supreme has no qualities itself, yet it experiences all qualities. This paradox points to the Supreme's nature: it's beyond the field, yet it's the source of the field. It's the knower, not the field itself. When you understand this, you recognize the Supreme's transcendence—it's beyond the field's limitations, yet it's present in the field.