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Bhagavad-gītā 18.40
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 40
- न तदस्ति पृथिव्यां वा दिवि देवेषु वा पुनः ।
- सत्त्वं प्रकृतिजैर्मुक्तं यदेभिः स्यात्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥४०॥
- na tad asti pṛthivyāṁ vā
- divi deveṣu vā punaḥ
- sattvaṁ prakṛti-jair muktaṁ
- yad ebhiḥ syāt tribhir guṇaiḥ
nanot — not; tatthat — that; astithere is — there is; pṛthivyāmon the earth — on the earth; vāor — or; diviin the higher planetary system — in the higher planetary system; deveṣuamongst the demigods — amongst the demigods; vāor — or; punaḥagain — again; sattvamexistence — existence; prakṛtiborn of material nature-jaiḥborn of material nature — born of material nature; muktamliberated — liberated; yatthat — that; ebhiḥfrom the influence of these — from the influence of these; syātis — is; tribhiḥthree — three; guṇaiḥmodes of material nature — modes of material nature.
There is no being existing, either here or among the demigods in the higher planetary systems, which is freed from these three modes born of material nature.
The Lord here summarizes the total influence of the three modes of material nature all over the universe.